British teacher had sex with teenage students, gave birth to baby and was jailed for 6 years

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A British teacher who had sex with two teenage students and fathered a baby with one of them was sentenced to six and a half years in prison on Thursday.

Rebecca Joynes, 30, was out on bail for sexual activity with one victim, identified as Boy A, when she began having sex with the second victim, Boy B, who she became pregnant with.

At Joynes' sentencing, a judge said she was a “great achiever” who had ruined her career and had her baby taken away by her own actions.

Joynes groomed schoolboys from the age of 15, exchanging messages on social media before engaging in sexual activity, prosecutors told the court.

She was convicted by a jury of six counts of sexual activity with a child, including two while in a position of trust.

Neither boy can be identified by name.

Sentencing at Manchester Crown Court in north-west England, Judge Kate Cornell told the former teacher she had behaved with “breathtaking arrogance”.

“You were the person in control, the person who should have known better,” she said.

“Instead, you abused this position of trust and exploited this privileged role for your own sexual gratification.”

In a statement to the court, Boy B said he was “coerced and controlled, manipulated, sexually abused and mentally abused” by Joynes.

The court has previously heard that when police launched an investigation into her relationship with Boy A, she was warned not to have unsupervised contact with anyone under the age of 18.

But she then started a relationship with Boy B and gave birth to his child. The baby was taken from her 24 hours later.

Outside court, Detective Constable Beth Alexander said there was still a lack of understanding about men and boys being victims of sexual offences.

“They must have read comments saying that others were 'jealous' of them and that they should be 'happy that a young teacher is interested in them', and that rhetoric is very damaging and dangerous,” she told reporters.

“Women can still be pedophiles. It's not just a term for men. Men and boys can still be victims of sexual abuse,” she said.

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