"What the f***": The Greater Manchester teacher who had sex with her pupils that thought 'I'm in here!'... until they realised what was REALLY happening

It was a court case that gripped the nation. Evidence and dramatic testimony was read by hundreds of thousands of people as teacher Rebecca Joynes went on trial at Manchester Crown Court accused of having sex with two pupils she taught at a Greater Manchester school.

On Friday afternoon (May 17) after nine-and-a-half hours of jury deliberations, the 30-year-old was found guilty of six counts of sexual activity with a child, including two counts of sexual activity with a child while in a position of trust.

Joynes has been front and centre of a media storm. But at the heart of the case are two innocent boys.

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Both had crushes on their teacher. Both were lured in, thinking she was ‘nice’ and ‘fit’, making jokey comments about her ‘big bum’.

The first - referred to as 'Boy A' due to reporting restrictions banning the publication of his identity - was just 15 when he came to Joynes' attention.

During a session in which whiteboards were being used, the teenager asked Joynes for her number. As ‘part of a game’, she gave him nine digits. He figured out the last two and rang her phone - while still in class. She simply laughed and ignored it.

That night, he messaged he: “Are you going to ignore me then… I see how it is.” The next morning she replied, before he added her on Snapchat - a social media app which deletes messages after 24 hours - and she accepted.

Emboldened by her attention, the boy told his friends about her. Joynes then began flirting with him. “I don’t like [subject], get too distracted now,” he said. “It better had be from the work,” Joynes messaged.

“Of course Miss, what else would it be,” Boy A replied. “Good