A teacher allegedly fell pregnant by a teenage boy while on bail for having sex with another pupil, a jury heard.
The trial of Rebecca Joynes, 30, is currently taking place at Manchester Crown Court where she faces six charges of engaging in sexual activity with a child, two of which allegedly took place while she was in a position of trust.
It’s claimed that Joynes groomed her first alleged victim, referred to as Boy A, by buying him a £345 Gucci designer belt and inviting him to her former flat in Salford, Greater Manchester, where they reportedly had sex twice.
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Following the allegations, a police investigation was launched and Joynes was suspended from her school. She later told the police that no sexual activity had taken place. She was then released on bail under the condition that she would not have unsupervised contact with anyone under the age of 18.
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Opening the case, prosecutor, Joe Allman said that Boy A attended court and answered questions from Joynes’s barrister.
Mr Allman continued: “The case was then adjourned to await the rest of the trial but in the meantime it turned out that Ms Joynes had been in a fairly long-term sexual relationship with another of her 15-year-old pupils.
“In due course (Boy B) gave his own account. He said Ms Joynes was his teacher, that they were in contact while she was suspended and that he went to her flat when he was 15.
“They kissed and then after he turned 16 they struck up a full sexual relationship from she which ended up pregnant to his very great shock because she had told him she couldn’t get pregnant because she had polycystic ovary syndrome.
“So remarkably and, in all honesty quite brazenly, this was all happening while Ms Joynes was on bail to this court. Of course she can’t deny that sexual relationship because she became pregnant with (Boy B’s) child and she had (Boy B’s) child. Instead this time she claims the sexual activity didn’t start until he was over 16 and she had been finally dismissed from the school.”
Joynes denies two counts of sexual activity with Boy A, two counts of sexual activity with Boy B and two counts of sexual activity with Boy B while being a person in a position of trust.
The trial continues.
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