Teacher who had sex with schoolboy, 15, is spared jail after judge says: 'He touched you first'
By Daily Mail Reporter
7th March 2011
A young schoolmistress who had a fling with a boy nearly half her age went free today after a judge ruled the boy made the first move and had not been ‘corrupted’ by their illicit affair.
Teaching assistant Leah Davies, 29, slept with the 15-year-old after they watched a DVD together and drank vodka during a sleepover party.
Miss Davies, of Fallowfield, Manchester, had been earlier invited over to his family home by the boy's mother after the two women struck up a close friendship.
But at the end of the evening the boy's mother went to bed leaving Miss Davies alone with the teenager.
Miss Davies chatted to the youngster - who was the leader singer of a teenage rock group - about his favourite music and films before betraying her friend to have sex with the boy on the sofa in the living room.
He later confided to his aunt about the fling and police were called in.
At Manchester Crown Court, mother-of-one Davies who taught at several primary schools was convicted of four counts of sexual activity with a child.
But she was spared a jail term and was given 12 months suspended for two years plus a 24-month supervision order after Judge Martin Rudland said she was an ‘ordinary, decent, hard-working woman who made a tragic and foolish mistake’.
The judge added: ‘There have been cases in which the power in a relationship has been imbalanced, with the younger person having less. But that's not this case here.
‘The complainant, if he can be described as such, was a gregarious young man who played in a band and was sexually experienced.
‘The experience was short-lived and required no coercion and resulted in a degree of sexual satisfaction for both parties. He touched you first.
‘He was not seduced or corrupted by the experience. In the whole experience he says he has been mostly upset at the effect on his mum's friendship with the defendant. He did not want to tell anyone when it happened.
‘It only came to light when he told his aunt, with whom he was close, while they discussed sexual matters, as they tended to do. She told others and the matter came to light.
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By Daily Mail Reporter
7th March 2011
A young schoolmistress who had a fling with a boy nearly half her age went free today after a judge ruled the boy made the first move and had not been ‘corrupted’ by their illicit affair.
Teaching assistant Leah Davies, 29, slept with the 15-year-old after they watched a DVD together and drank vodka during a sleepover party.
Miss Davies, of Fallowfield, Manchester, had been earlier invited over to his family home by the boy's mother after the two women struck up a close friendship.
But at the end of the evening the boy's mother went to bed leaving Miss Davies alone with the teenager.
Miss Davies chatted to the youngster - who was the leader singer of a teenage rock group - about his favourite music and films before betraying her friend to have sex with the boy on the sofa in the living room.
He later confided to his aunt about the fling and police were called in.
At Manchester Crown Court, mother-of-one Davies who taught at several primary schools was convicted of four counts of sexual activity with a child.
But she was spared a jail term and was given 12 months suspended for two years plus a 24-month supervision order after Judge Martin Rudland said she was an ‘ordinary, decent, hard-working woman who made a tragic and foolish mistake’.
The judge added: ‘There have been cases in which the power in a relationship has been imbalanced, with the younger person having less. But that's not this case here.
‘The complainant, if he can be described as such, was a gregarious young man who played in a band and was sexually experienced.
‘The experience was short-lived and required no coercion and resulted in a degree of sexual satisfaction for both parties. He touched you first.
‘He was not seduced or corrupted by the experience. In the whole experience he says he has been mostly upset at the effect on his mum's friendship with the defendant. He did not want to tell anyone when it happened.
‘It only came to light when he told his aunt, with whom he was close, while they discussed sexual matters, as they tended to do. She told others and the matter came to light.
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