Teacher ‘had sex with pupil’, court told
A TEACHER accused of having sex with a student sent him a card asking, ‘who else can I be a slut with?’ after he blocked her on social media, a court heard.
Deborah Lowe, 53, sent the card to the 15-year-old when he shunned her after she had sex with him at her home, Minshull Street Crown Court was told.
It was found by the boy’s mother and police were called, the jury heard at the start of Ms Lowe’s trial for sexual offences.
The card depicted a woman face down in grass with a short skirt on, the court was told.
Ms Lowe was said to have written: “This is me after I found out you blocked me!”
Ms Lowe, who was responsible for pastoral care at the boy’s school, sent the card to the boy on her own birthday, the court heard.
Jurors were told she wrote: “I’m a mess. You blocked me and I don’t know what I have done. Who else can I be a slut with?
“I would never, ever upset, hurt, harm or make you unhappy. So please tell me what I have done. Is it my fat old a***? It’s my birthday and I’m so sad.”
Ms Lowe, who also worked for Manchester City in a matchday stewarding role, was said to have signed off: “I bloody miss you, love the slut.”
The defendant, of Elmsbed Caravan Park, in Poynton, Cheshire, denies one count of sexual activity with a child and five counts of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust.
Justin Hayhoe, prosecuting, told the jury that after Ms Lowe was arrested she gave a ‘no comment’ interview to police, but did give a prepared statement.
The court heard that in the statement, Ms Lowe accepted she had been involved in a sexual relationship with the boy, but said it started when he was 17 so she was no longer in a position of trust as he had left school.
Mr Hayhoe added: “The issues really are at what point did this relationship commence?
“At 15, as the boy would say, or 17, as the defendant would say.”