British teacher sentenced to prison for having sex with pupils
A teacher in Britain has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison for having sex with two underage students and having a child by one of them. At the sentencing in Manchester, Judge Kate Cornell stated that the 30-year-old Rebecca Joynes had abused her position and "used her privileged role for her own sexual gratification with breathtaking arrogance."
"They were the adults who should have known better," Cornell said. The teacher not only failed to set boundaries, but deliberately crossed them. Joynes cried during the sentencing.
According to the court, the teacher was on bail for sexual offenses with one of the boys when she began a relationship with the second student and became pregnant by him. Both boys were 15 at the time of the first sexual encounters. Joynes had recently gone through a painful separation and felt "flattered" by the attention of the students, the judge said.
The teacher exchanged messages with the students over online services before any sexual activity occurred. To give the first boy her phone number, she set a mathematics problem for him. Afterward, she met him secretly and gave him a belt worth 350 pounds (around 413 Euro). The boy's mother became suspicious, leading first to the school and later to the police being informed.
The second student testified that he was "coerced, manipulated, sexually abused, and psychologically harmed" by Joynes. The baby was taken from the teacher immediately after birth. It is still lacking awareness that men and boys can also be victims of sexual abuse, said Police Officer Beth Alexander. Women can also be pedophiles, this term is not exclusive to men.
- Despite being on bail for sexual offenses with one of the boys, the British teacher continued to have a relationship with the second student and fathered a child with him, both students being 15 years old at the time.
- The judge in Manchester, Kate Cornell, stated during the sentencing that the teacher, Rebecca Joynes, had not only failed to set boundaries but deliberately crossed them, showing a "breathtaking arrogance" in using her privileged role for her own sexual gratification.
- The judge mentioned that the teacher, Joynes, felt "flattered" by the attention of the students due to her recent painful separation, further exacerbating the situation.
- Police Officer Beth Alexander emphasized that it's crucial to recognize that men and boys can also be victims of sexual abuse, and women can indeed be pedophiles, as the term is not exclusive to men.
