PREDATOR teacher Kandice Barber has been meeting up in "secret" with her new lover – as the criminal pair reportedly plan their new lives together.

Barber, 37, who was jailed for having sex with a pupil, has been seeing convicted fraudster Jay Delaney while out on work release.

The mum-of-three was sentenced to six years and two months in prison in 2021 after she groomed her student, 15, over text before sleeping with him.

She later worked as a gate guard at a building site in Hounslow, west London while on temporary release – before she was moved away for allegedly "distracting" workers.

Now Barber has been "planning a life together" during secret meet ups with her lover Delaney.

A source told The Sun: "Kandice is only allowed out to go to work – but she and her new partner have been meeting up in secret.

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"They’ve been meeting up on her way to work and her way home.

"It’s frustrating that she’s still in prison but they’re now meeting up for, you know, ‘time together’ shall we say.

"They’ve been taking pictures together and talking about their future together."

The loved-up pair, both on temporary release, have been cuddling and holding hands during their walks to and from work before sneaking off for secret romps.

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The convicts are also planning to move in together once they leave prison.

Pictures show the pair proudly posing and smiling together outside London Bridge station and Maidstone East station.

One pic is edited so they have white love hearts surrounding them.

Despite asking permission several times, the couple are yet to have been allowed to go on a “day-out” together.

Delaney was jailed for conning her pals and colleagues into giving her almost £400,000 of their life savings so she could fund her gambling habits.

She bawled her eyes out as the judge gave her four years and eight months after she pleaded guilty to 38 counts in April last year.

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Barber, who worked at a school in Princes Risborough, Bucks, first flirted with her schoolboy victim in messages sent during a school assembly.

She also sent him topless snaps.

The mum, from Wendover, Bucks, kissed the boy on the neck and ­whispered “What do you want to do now?” before driving him to a field where they had sex.

The source continued: “Ultimately Kandice is a paedophile and she’s in prison for that.

“So why is she allowed to be in love and have a lovely time while she’s meant to be paying time for it?

“She groomed this boy. She should pay for it. It's just wrong. She’s supposed to be having a hard time. It makes me feel sick.

“Why is she allowed to leave and shag her partner whenever she wants and have a normal life?”

Kandice reportedly has shown no remorse for her crimes and still maintains her innocence.

Her loyal ex Danny Barker, supported her through her trial – even after she was sentenced.

Danny, 40, recently told how he decided to stop supporting Kandice when he had a realisation during one of his prison visits.

He explained: “When I took the kids to visit Kan in prison, she'd be smiling and bubbly and happy. Her hair was done. 

"I'd sit there and feel: 'This is wrong. You're smiling and happy in a place we shouldn't be coming to visit you'."

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The Ministry of Justice said prisoners are subject to “tough risk assessments” before they are allowed out on temporary release.

It added: “They must also abide by strict rules and face extra time behind bars if they don’t comply.”

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