A Manchester teacher who groomed two teenage boys and had sex with one in a school toilet has been jailed for six-and-a-half years. Rebecca Joynes, 30, was convicted in May of six counts of sexual activity with a child, including two while in a position of trust.
The secondary school teacher targeted two pupils from the age of 15. She was on bail for sexual activity with the first boy, Boy A, when she began a sexual relationship with the second, Boy B, whom she later gave birth to.
Sentencing Joynes at Manchester Crown Court, Judge Cornell described her conduct as showing 'breathtaking arrogance'. He said: 'You were the adult. You were the person in control, the person who should have known better... Instead, you abused that position of trust and exploited the privileged role for your own sexual gratification.'
In a victim impact statement read in court, Boy B said he was 'coerced, controlled, manipulated, sexually abused, and mentally abused'. He added: 'The months after the abuse happened to me was a very dark time. I felt backed into a corner. I had just lived a double life for 18 months behind my family's back.'
Joynes was also placed on the sex offenders register for life and given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 10 years, plus a restraining order in relation to both boys.
