Walking arm-in-arm with her dad up to the dank concrete building, she was a world away from her quiet, humble beginnings. In the eyes of those closest to her, Rebecca Joynes was nice, shy, and kept herself-to-herself.
She had grown up in a leafy affluent village in the Wirral with her parents, the eldest of two daughters. After landing her dream job as a teacher at a Greater Manchester School, she had the world at her feet.
But beneath the surface, she was harbouring a dark secret. Now, after a two-week trial at Manchester Crown Court, she has been revealed as a sexual predator after grooming two teenage boys she taught.
Joynes was found guilty of six counts of sexual activity with a child - including two by a person in a position of trust. Both teenagers cannot be named for legal reasons.
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