Rebecca Joynes: Teacher facing prison after being found guilty of having sex with two pupils

At the conclusion of a two-week trial at Manchester crown court, Joynes was found guilty of four counts of sexual activity with a child and two counts of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust. Joynes, a teacher at a Manchester high school, arranged for one of the pupils, known as Boy A, to stay overnight at her home in October 2021.

Joynes took his virginity and ended up giving birth to a child boy B had fathered. Joynes closed her eyes and grimaced as the guilty verdicts were delivered against her on Friday afternoon. Her mother and father, sat in the public gallery, made no reaction but yards away the parents of the boys stifled cheers as Joynes was convicted.

There's a baby in this case who has done nothing wrong and is entirely innocent of all wrongdoing and you will obviously want to see her before the sentence is passed, I do understand that, she said. But you must be under no illusion what's going to happen on the fourth of July.

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