An actor in Netflix’s Sex Education, Alexander Westwood, has been found guilty of 26 sexual offences including using his position as a teacher to sexually abuse two teenage girls who attended his acting classes.

Labelled as “manipulative” and “predatory” by prosecutor Andrew Wallace, Westwood, 24, repeatedly made his underage victims watch porn, touched them and then pressured them to engage in sexual activities, in what was described in court as an “extraordinary catalogue of abuse that happened hundreds of times,” the BBC reports.

Westwood, of Albrighton in Shropshire, England, pleaded not guilty to the offences, which related to women and children. According to the BBC, the court heard that the actor had a fascination with pornography from a young age.

Between November 2020 and September 2021, Westwood sexually abused and raped a teenage pupil who dreamed of becoming an actress and came to him for classes, the BBC reports.

Wallace said the girl was “forced to act out the most inappropriate scene”.

“She had ambitions to be an actress. She arranged lessons with him and over the course of time, the defendant was able to do the most despicable acts with her.”

Westwood would talk to the victim about sex scenes in film. When she questioned his behaviour, he responded with “do what your teacher says… do you trust me?”

He would touch her, then himself before raping her. The victim was told she could not tell anyone, and when she said she would not attend lessons any more, he created a “coercive” contract “to keep her in line” which stated she had to attend 365 lessons, or she would owe him £18,000 to £36,000 ($36,050 to $72,100), the BBC reported.