A music teacher accused of sexually abusing a teenager and then giving birth to his baby brazenly posed in a number of maternity photo shoots in the days leading up to her arrest.
Naomi Tekea Craig, 33, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to 15 charges of child sexual abuse, including five counts of sexual penetration of a child, two more counts of sexually penetrating a child aged over 13 and under 16 and one count of indecent dealings of a child aged under 13.
She appeared in the Mandurah Magistrates Court via an audio link.
Ms Craig was employed at Frederick Irwin Anglican School at Meadow Springs, just 70 kilometres of Perth, in October 2024 when she sexually abused a 12-year-old boy.
The abuse went on for more than a year, ending only in December of last year.
Photos of Ms Craig, who is married with one child, show her beaming as she married her longtime partner in October 2019.
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It is understood Ms Craig was on maternity leave at the time of her arrest.
It has been previously reported that DNA testing of a sample from her placenta found a link between the newborn and her victim.
She gave birth to the child on January 8.
The Daily Mail now reports that the mum-of-two underwent three professional photo shoots when she was seven to eight months pregnant with the baby.
In one image, Ms Craig could be seen posing suggestively in a leopard print two-piece with a midriff to show off her bump, and then again in zebra-inspired jeans with her fly undone.
One photographer reportedly described her as a “Christina Aguilera doppelganger”, while another branded her an “absolute bombshell.”
In a third shoot in Fremantle, the former teacher wore tracksuit pants and nothing but a scarf over her chest as she cradled her large bump.
The 33-year-old had her hair curled and her eyes closed as she posed for the camera.
The latest photos were uploaded by the photographer on December 7, just nine days before she last abused the boy on December 16.
On Tuesday, Ms Craig replied: “Guilty your honour,” as each charge was read out in court by magistrate Clare Cullen.
Ms Cullen fast-tracked the matter to the higher District Court, where Ms Craig is due to appear on March 27, in person.
Ms Craig’s bail was extended under the condition that she has no unsupervised contact with anyone under 18, including her eldest child.
The only exception is her infant.
Last week, the private coeducational school where Ms Craig was employed issued a statement, confirming the arrest to parents and carers.
“I regret to inform you that a teacher from our school has been arrested by police and charged with child related offences not involving any current student,” the letter read.
“The teacher has been instructed not to attend the school.
“The information available to the school suggests that there is no need for any concern for any other children at the school.”
“The safety and wellbeing of your child and all students continue to be our priority.”
The school caters to children from kindergarten to Year 12 and is considered one of the more exclusive schools in the area, with tuition fees listed at up to $8,320 per year for older students.
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Ms Craig grew up in Mandurah and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Australia and a Diploma of Education from Edith Cowan University.
She later relocated to Melbourne, where she married her long-term partner.
The couple welcomed a baby boy three years later and is believed to have moved back to Mandurah between late 2022 and 2023.