Teacher who had baby with ex-pupil tried to 'garner sympathy', court told

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Rebecca Joynes denies six counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child

A teacher accused of having sex with two teenage pupils has ‘made attempts to garner sympathy’ throughout her trials, prosecutors have claimed in their closing speech.Today, May 15, jurors have heard legal directions from presiding judge Kate Cornell, who told them to ‘use common sense and knowledge of the world’, and to ‘put aside their feelings’ when it comes to judging the evidence in the case.

Jurors previously heard Ms Joynes allegedly groomed one pupil, Boy A, with a Trafford Centre shopping trip, before having sex with him. She denies any sexual activity ever took place. He said: “Do you remember when Mr O’Brien rounded off his questions to Ms Joynes with a series of questions about her baby? Her and Boy B’s baby.

Jurors previously heard that Ms Joynes had taken Boy A to the Trafford Centre, during which she bought him a Gucci belt from Selfridges worth £345, before taking him back to her flat. The prosecutor said that this was ‘the most obvious example of grooming you can imagine’. “What if he was charged and bailed, and breached that bail by getting into a relationship with a girl from the school?

 

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