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TEACHER IS JAILED FOR SCHOOL TRIP SEX ACTS ON BOY, 15

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LUST: Jill MeldrumJon­es A MARRIED teaching assistant who performed sex acts on a teenage pupil on a PLANE during a flight home from a school trip has been jailed for over two years.

Jill Meldrum-Jones, 37, also masturbate­d the 15-year-old boy on a minibus during a ride back from an excursion after becoming “consumed with lust.”

The mum-of-two met the pupil at the secondary school in Warwickshi­re where she assisted with PE, Science and Humanities subjects.

A court heard the pair became close during a school trip to South Africa last year and started going for walks alone together.

Meldrum-Jones first performed a sex act on the boy on a minibus which also had other pupils on board whilst they were on the way back from a day trip.

She then performed oral sex on the boy and “encouraged him” to perform acts on her at a “secluded spot” when they were alone together the next day.

Meldrum-Jones also masturbate­d the lad three times and performed oral sex three times “under cover of darkness” on the 10-hour flight back to England. lust for this young boy”.

The court heard that Meldrum-Jones, who has a 12-year-old son and a seven-year-old daughter, was “overly familiar” with pupils at the school, which can’t be named.

Prosecutor Stefan Kolodynski said: “(The boy) said that during that trip he and the defendant became close.

“On the return trip there was a minibus and the defendant sat next to the boy.

“She put her hands down his trousers and started to masturbate him. She continued masturbati­ng him for five minutes.

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