The teenager who fathered a child with paedophile maths teacher Rebecca Joynes today told a court how he had been 'coerced, manipulated and sexually abused'.
The youngster, identified only as Boy B and now aged 18, was groomed from the age of 15 by Joynes during a secret relationship with her while still at school. She began having sex with him while on bail for sexual activity with the first child, Boy A.
The teacher told him she could not get pregnant, but later revealed she was carrying his child.
In a victim impact statement read to the court, Boy B said he had initially struggled to come to terms with what had happened as he was in love with Joynes and 'in denial'.
He said: 'I would argue until I was blue in the face protecting her and would not hear a bad word against her. I felt as though I had betrayed someone I love and had done wrong by giving evidence.
'I felt a large sense of guilt for a long time. I questioned if I was right to give statements about the woman who was carrying my child, since then I have replayed a lot of things in my head, and spoken to a lot of people, and it has made me realise the full extent of the abuse carried out on me and the tactics that were used to do so.
'I was coerced and controlled, manipulated, sexually abused, and mentally abused etc. it is very upsetting that this has happened to me, and I have had little to no support from any organisations.
'I am only just finding help through self-referrals and help from a family support worker.
'The months after the abuse happened to me, was a very dark time, I felt backed into a corner.
'This had a massive mental toll over me and my family. It tore my family apart, they struggled to come to terms with the fact they sent me to school, where they believed it to be a safe environment, and this happened as a result.
'I attended school regularly and left with straight As. My parents broke down every day and night trying to get me to speak, I held many things back. I thought I would be better off dealing with things alone, as it is a rare case and not very relatable to others.'
Boy B told police he followed Joynes on Snapchat in February 2022, and the teacher later sent him a photo of herself in her knickers.
Messages became more 'flirtatious' and he agreed to come round to her apartment, where he claimed they had sex.
In the following months they had sex 'numerous times at different places' on an estimated 30 occasions, he said.
She also bought a scratchcard from lingerie store Victoria's Secret featuring sexual fantasies for them to act out, he said.
Describing losing his virginity to Joynes, the boy told police: 'Obviously… I was nervous.'
But he said the teacher reassured him afterwards, saying: 'It's your first time, it was great.'
Boy B claimed Joynes told him she had a condition which meant she was unlikely to ever get pregnant.
But on a 'date night' Joynes sprinkled rose petals around her flat and set up a sex game of 'surprises' for the boy that culminated in her revealing she was pregnant.
'At the end it was a baby grow,' the boy said. 'It said something like, 'Best Dad' (on it) and I was like, 'What the f***!' She started crying and I started crying, because we were undecided whether to get rid of it or not.
'That was probably the lowest point, we were irresponsible. I thought, 'What the f*** am I going to do?' I can't hide a kid. I had hid the relationship for 18 months from my parents.'
In his victim statement, Boy B said that although his family had been ‘torn apart’ and he had been in a ‘dark place’, ‘when I think of victims, the most innocent and important is our child. Our baby will grow up without a mother.’
The comment saw Joynes sobbing in the dock.
Boy B said he suffered a panic attack after seeing Joynes had been released on bail.
The youngster also said he believed male victims of sexual abuse received unfair treatment.
He continued: 'The gender inequality I have faced is absurd. I feel that because of my gender this is seen as a lesser crime than it would be vice versa.
'The grooming started at 15 years of age, and I have struggled to find any services which support males of my age, in sexual abuse counselling and support. There are a lot for young females and children though. I feel like sometimes these crimes go unnoticed due to men bottling things up, I hope there is an increase in these services in the future.
'I struggle to understand how Rebecca still takes no responsibility for the crimes she committed... It shows her lack of remorse and how she thinks she can get away with anything she wants. I truly believe that neither her nor her family see any wrong in what she has done.
'This is not what I wanted for my child, my picture of having children, was with someone I loved in a stable environment, the way that I have been brought up. Sadly, this is not the case.
'Ultimately, I will forever be Rebecca's victim and forever linked to her through our child.'