A teacher who “took her 16-year-old student’s virginity” told the nervous boy “it’s your first time, it was great” before becoming pregnant with his baby, a court heard
Jurors were shown video interviews that the pupil, known as Boy B, gave police after Rebecca Joynes, 30, was arrested for a second time following allegations she had sex with the boy after ” They started sending messages on Snapchat.”
During the interview, the child He described losing his virginity to her in her luxury Manchester flat.
The school pupil said: “Obviously it was my first time so I was nervous,” the young man said.
Afterward, Joynes allegedly told the teen, who feared he hadn’t performed very well, “it’s your first time, it was great.”
Rebecca Joynes, 30, is alleged to have had sexual relations with the student. Here she is pictured at Manchester Crown Court.
Joynes arrives at court covered by her father outside Manchester Crown Court
Manchester Crown Court heard the maths teacher “brazenly” continued the relationship while on bail and awaiting trial for “grooming” and having sex with another 15-year-old pupil, known as Boy A.
Joynes denies having had sexual activity with any of the teenagers, who cannot be identified for legal reasons.
Boy B said he kept the affair a secret from his parents for 18 months, during which time the couple had unprotected sex dozens of times. He claimed Joynes insisted she had a condition which meant she was unlikely to become pregnant.
But on a “date night” the night before she was arrested for the second time, Joynes scattered rose petals around her flat and arranged a sexual game of “surprises” for the boy, the court was told. The game involved an Ann Summers scratch card with sexual activities and hidden notes, which led him to discover that she was carrying her baby.
“In the end it was a baby,” the boy said. “It said something like ‘Best Dad’ (on it) and I was like, ‘What the fuck!’
‘She started crying and I started crying, because we were undecided whether to get rid of him or not.
‘That was probably the lowest point, we were irresponsible. It’s my fault. I also thought, ‘What the fuck am I going to do?’
‘I can’t hide a child. I had hidden the relationship from my parents for 18 months.
Recalling the moment to police, he said: ‘She was crying. She was like, “I don’t know if I can do this alone.”
The mathematics teacher’s texts have been heard in court after being accused of sleeping with two students
Joynes, who was wearing a pink baby hat tucked into his trousers in the dock, wiped away tears as the witness added: ‘I have also thought about my son’s future. “I also want the best for my son.”
In a statement read to the jury, Boy B’s father said his son’s relationship with the teacher had caused a “family breakdown” because his wife “wanted answers right away” while he wanted to wait for his son. told us.” in his own time.
Boy B’s older brother was aware of the relationship but had been “stupid”, thought it was “funny” and did not tell his parents, the jury was told.
Boy B said he “loved” Joynes, but the relationship soured and she became jealous and controlling, even accusing him of cheating on her with other girls.
He said he finally realized the relationship was wrong and that he had “sacrificed 18 months for a pedophile.”
Boy B said, “I was like, ‘You’re a weirdo, you need help.’ You’re an idiot.
‘You should go find someone your age, you’re pretty pretty.
‘I think he was playing a game with me. To be honest, he loved her and she said she loved me.
‘Now that I think about it, it was emotional abuse. She basically mentally abused me. It was a mental war. I sacrificed 18 months for a pedophile.
Under cross-examination, Boy B admitted that he had “lied” to police about the chronology of events, but said he had done so to “protect” Joynes, as they met when he was 15.
Mr Michael O’Brien, defending, told him he had not “kissed or hugged” Joynes the first time he went to her flat and that they did not have sex for the first time in February 2022, as he claimed.
But Boy B insisted yes.
O’Brien said the boy had given a second interview to police to say they had had sex before he left school “to put the boot in.”
“She was pregnant with my son. I would never, ever do that,” he responded.
Joynes denies six charges of engaging in sexual activity with a child, including two while a person in a position of trust, between October 2021 and July 2022.
The trial continues.