LIVE: Teacher Rebecca Joynes found guilty of having sex with two pupils

Jurors have returned their verdict in the trial of a teacher accused of having sex with two pupils. Rebecca Joynes, 30, has been found guilty of six counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child.

The allegations, which she denied, concern two teenage boys she met through her job as a teacher at a Greater Manchester school. The boys cannot be identified for legal reasons.

Jurors at Manchester Crown Court have previously heard that she took a 15-year-old boy to the Trafford Centre and bought him a £345 Gucci belt from Selfridges, before she brought him back to her apartment in Salford where they allegedly had sex. She was later suspended from her post and was later discovered to have fallen pregnant with a second boy, who she first met aged 15 when they allegedly kissed one another.

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Prosecutors said that the relationship later turned sexual. She became pregnant and later went on to have his baby, despite Ms Joynes allegedly telling him it was ‘almost impossible’ for her to conceive due to a health issue. He learned she was pregnant ‘to his great shock’ after she gave him a baby grow, the court heard.

Ms Joynes, of Pensby Road, Wirral, denies 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.

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A teacher faces jail after being found guilty of sexual offences against two of her pupils. Rebecca Joynes, 30, groomed one boy with a shopping trip to the Trafford Centre before