A teaching assistant who had sex with a boy and told him “age is just a number” was spared jail today.
Rebecca Williams, 21, from Criccieth, Wales, was accused of having sex with a s chool boy on two separate occasions.
This was after online contact and messages escalated into flirting between the two of them, Mold Crown Court heard.
Prosecution, Richard Edwards, said Williams had picked up the teen one weekend in her car before she took him home.
He said they watched TV before they had sex and the teen stayed overnight.
She would later message him again, asking to meet up once more, when they would sex again.
However, despite her crimes, Williams was spared any jail time.
She now works in construction and was receiving help with her mental health as well as being slapped with a 12 month suspended sentence, £576 fine and being a registered sex offender for ten years.
The court was told that Williams wanted more of a relationship with the teen and the victim blocked her on messaging apps.
Williams admitted two offences of sexual activity with a boy and abusing a position of trust.
Mr Edwards said :"Rumours started circulating that the defendant had slept with a school boy.
“The head of the school questioned the defendant directly about the information. The defendant denied anything untoward had gone on."
Social services and police were alerted and the boy later confirmed they had sex.
Jemma Gordon, defending, said Williams had been quizzed early last year and confessed, but a postal requisition for the case was only sent in January.
Williams had a new job in construction, working all over the country, and was doing well. She was also receiving help for her mental health. She was described in a pre-sentence report as "a low risk of reoffending."
Miss Gordon added :"She's in a new relationship which has helped her."
Judge Saffman said there had been "grooming." She told Williams :"You knew what you were doing. You were working up to engage in a sexual relationship with him."
The boy broke off the relationship with her but the defendant was keen to carry on.
