A 32-year-old mum wept uncontrollably today when she was cleared by a jury of having sex with a boy in the knowledge that he was only 14 years old.
Teah Vincent admitted she did initiate sex with the teenager at her home but told the court she believed he was over 16. The court heard that the boy and a 14-year-old friend had been playing football near her home and she invited them in for a soft drink.
She then took one of the boys upstairs to her bedroom, stripped naked and pulled him down onto her bed where she straddled him and had sex.
After a retirement of just one hour four minutes at the end of a four day trial, the jury of eight men and four women today found her not guilty of knowingly having sex with an under-age boy.
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