A married music teacher has confessed to having sex with a 12-year-old schoolboy – and continued to abuse him until she was eight months pregnant with his child while he was still only 13.
Naomi Tekea Craig, 33, appeared in Mandurah Local Court via audio link on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to 15 charges over her sexual relationship with the boy, which lasted about 14 months.
Magistrate Clare Cullen read the charges aloud in court, which included multiple counts of penetration of a child under 13, and after his birthday passed, sexual penetration of a child over 13 and under 16.
Further charges included additional counts of indecent dealings with a child under 13, and possessing child exploitation material.
Twelve of the incidents took place in the Mandurah suburb of Silver Sands, and three took place nearby in Meadow Springs.
To each charge, Craig replied: ‘Guilty, your honour.’
Craig’s relationship with the boy began on October 31, 2024, and ended on December 16, just days before her arrest.
She would have been about eight months pregnant with her second child at the time, and was on maternity leave from her job as a music teacher at Frederick Irwin Anglican School, a private co-educational Anglican institution.
Pictured: Naomi Tekea Craig, 33, doing a performance with primary school children in 2024
The young mum was on maternity leave while pregnant with her second child, who was born in January
Craig was represented by top Perth lawyer, Reid Hogan, who told Magistrate Cullen that his client understood she was not required to enter a plea on Tuesday, but that she had chosen to.
Magistrate Cullen said: ‘You’ve pleaded guilty to all charges and they’re being expedited to the District Court for what’s called a sentence mention listing.’
The magistrate also said Craig would be required to attend court in person for the next mention.
Craig told the court she understood.
Bail was continued until her next appearance in the District Court on March 27.
Craig was known to students and colleagues by her married name Naomi Woods, and gave birth to the child on January 8.
It’s understood a DNA sample of her placenta was tested and a link was found between the newborn and her young victim.
She is not allowed unsupervised visits with any children other than her newborn, including her older child.
Craig was represented by Perth-based criminal lawyer, Reid Hogan (pictured outside Mandurah court on Tuesday)
Naomi Craig is pictured with her husband on their wedding day in October 2019
According to the school’s website, Ms Craig was often praised in newsletters for her active role in choir and music performances.
In one newsletter from October 2024, she was pictured on the school’s website working with children between five and 12 at the ‘battle of the band rock concert’.
In the photo, she held a microphone on stage with primary school students while smiling and wearing a Nirvana t-shirt knotted at the waist.
A Christian prayer could be seen on a projector on the wall above the stage.
Following her arrest, the principal of Frederick Irwin Anglican School, Tracey Gray sent a letter to parents and carers confirming the alleged victim was not a student at the school.
‘I regret to inform you that a teacher from our school has been arrested by police and charged with child-related offences,’ Ms Gray wrote.
‘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 children at the school.’
Craig was working at Frederick Irwin Anglican School in Mandurah at the time of the incidents
According to an online work biography, Ms Craig began employment at the school in 2024, having previously worked as an independent private music teacher.
Ms Craig grew up in Mandurah and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree 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-time partner in a lavish ceremony at Stones of the Yarra Valley in 2019.
A video posted online shows Ms Craig being walked down the aisle to meet her groom at the altar, before the newlyweds spent the night celebrating with family and friends.
Three years later, while still based in Victoria, the couple welcomed their first child, a little boy.
Maternity shoot photos show Ms Craig posing with her baby bump in March 2022 as she stood on a Mornington Peninsula beach dressed in white lingerie, brown broad-brimmed hat, and draped with a lace gown.
