Female teacher jailed for having sex with two schoolboys in UK

A female teacher in the United Kingdomwas sentenced tosix-and-a-half years in prison by the Manchester Crown Court for having sex with two schoolboys and getting pregnant by one of them.

The teacher, identified as Rebecca Joynes, groomed the two boys from the age of 15 after first interacting with them on social media, said the court.

Earlier, the 30-year-old teacher was convicted of four counts of sexual activity with a child as well as two counts of sexual activity with another child.

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She was crying in the dock when the court pronounced the imprisonment.

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In the trial, the judge was informed that Joynes was 28 when she came out of a nine-year relationship and was "flattered" by the teenage schoolboys' attention.

Teen boys say "in denial" about abuse

The teenager, with whom she had a child, said in a victim impact statement that he was earlier "completely in denial" regarding the abuse.

The teen, who was being referred to as Boy B, said that he felt like he had "betrayed someone I love" while giving evidence against her.

"I questioned if I was right to give statements about the woman who was carrying my child, since then I have replayed a lot of things in my head, and spoken to a lot of people, and it has made me realise the full extent of the abuse carried out on me and the tactics that were used to do so," he said.

"I was coerced, controlled, manipulated, sexually abused, and mentally abused," the boy said.

The boy, who dropped out of the school, said the abuse "tore my family apart" and they have been struggling to come to terms with the horrific incident.

Judge calls out the teacher for her 'breathtaking arrogance'

Speaking to the defendant, Judge Kate Cornell said, “There is a breathtaking arrogance in your conduct. You were the adult. You were the person in control, the person who should have known better and entrusted by the school and the boys and by their parents of caring for their sons. Instead, you abused that position of trust and exploited the privileged role for your own sexual gratification.”

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In her defence, Joynes said, “From the outside it may be easy to fall into the misconception these boys were not victims. It may be asked what 15-year-old boy would not want to have sex with an older, attractive teacher? Surely they would be up for it. How can this be a crime?"

To this, the judge replied, “Well Miss Joynes, there is no doubt this is a crime. Both boys were very much victims, obviously unworldly and vulnerable to the advances from an older attractive woman."

(With inputs from agencies)