Manchester teacher who groomed two boys jailed for six-and-a-half years

Joynes was on bail for sexual activity with the first child when she began having sex with the second boy, whose child she later gave birth to. Photograph: Greater Manchester Police/PA

A teenage boy has described how he was “coerced, controlled, manipulated, sexually abused, and mentally abused” as the Manchester teacher who victimised him was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison.

Rebecca Joynes, 30, was found guilty of six counts of sexual activity with a child, two while in a position of trust, after a trial in May.