Love bite betrayed boy’s affair with teacher

A MOTHER found out about son’s affair with his teacher after spotting a love bite on his neck, a court has heard.

The 15-year-old, identified only as Boy A, had lied to his mother that he was staying at his friend’s house, but instead was at the apartment of teacher Rebecca Joynes where they twice had sex, jurors were told.

Ms Joynes, 30, is on trial at Manchester Crown Court accused of six counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child, including two while being a person in a position of trust, all relating to two teenage boys who remain anonymous for legal reasons.

Boy A told jurors he and the teacher exchanged messages and she picked him up after school on a Friday night.

His mother, in a statement read to the court, said on the day in question, her son came home from school, changed out of his uniform and packed an overnight bag.

He told her he was staying at his best friend’s house as he had done before. Boy A later told police he had arranged to meet Joynes who took him back to her flat at Salford Quays, where they twice had sex, with the teacher warning him: “No one had better find out.”

The next day, boy A went shopping with his mother, when she noticed a mark on her son’s neck, which she said “looked like a love bite”.

The defendant claims sexual activity with Boy B did not start until he turned 16. Ms Joynes denies two counts of sexual activity with Boy A, two counts of sexual activity with Boy B and two counts of sexual activity with Boy B while being a person in a position of trust. The trial continues.