A mum-of-two who groomed a vulnerable boy for sex has been jailed after her vile 'love letters' to him were found by his mother.
Laura Bardsley started online communication with the boy knowing he had a number of 'complex vulnerabilities and needs', Greater Manchester Police said.
The communication became sexual and the 26-year-old invited the child into the home she shared with her adult partner and two young children.
Bardsley, of Reddish in Stockport, pretended to be a positive influence on the child during lockdown but was secretly grooming him and eventually began sexually abusing him without the knowledge of anyone else, police said.
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