Sex mum groomed teen after football

A MOTHER has been jailed for performing sex acts on a 14- year- old schoolboy after she initially spotted him playing FOOTIE.

The 39- year- old woman – who cannot be named for legal reasons – has been sentenced to two years behind bars after abusing the boy who went to the same school as her own daughter.

The sentencing comes after she pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual penetration of a child under the age of 16.

The lad was just 14 when the woman engaged in sex acts with him on two separate occasions at her home.

She initially denied the abuse when interviewed by police last year before telling them “something that lasted five seconds can ruin my life forever”, the prosecution told a plea hearing.

The woman told police the sex acts were consensual.

Misguided

“It’s not just me – he has been part of this as well,” she added.

In court the judge described these remarks as “wrong and misguided”.

The woman flirted with the boy, instigated the sexual contact and had asked the lad if she could touch his genitals.

After he was abused, the teenager became depressed, underperformed at school in Victoria, Australia, and tried to numb his feelings with alcohol.

His parents didn’t understand the changes in their son until the offending came to light.

The judge described woman’s offending “opportunistic” rather predatory.

He said: “You are not a sexual predator and do not suffer from any sexual deviancy.”

But she had exploited the circumstances and ignored her responsibility as an adult to protect children, he added.

Defence had earlier asked the judge not to jail the mother and instead sentence her to a community corrections order.

But the judge said he could not ignore the harm caused to the victim.

She will also remain on the Sex Offenders’ Register for life. the as than