Paedophile Rebecca Joynes (30/12/1993), of Waterman Walk in Salford, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison today (Thursday, July 4, 2024) for six sexual crimes against two boys. She was earlier found guilty by a majority judgment in May.
On October 18, 2021, she was arrested on suspicion of sexual conduct with a child and later charged with six counts of sexual activity, including four counts of sexual activity with a child and two counts of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust.
Rebecca Joynes was accused of contacting two adolescent boys she met while working as a teacher at a Greater Manchester school.
In a stunning victim impact statement given in court today, one victim described the physical and mental toll that Rebecca Joynes’ abuse had on him.
One victim said: “I struggled to come to terms with my abuse, I was completely in denial. I subsequently held back and did not fully open up to people. For reference, Rebecca Joynes was in my head that much. I would argue until I was blue in the face, protecting her and would not hear a bad word against her. I felt as if I had betrayed someone I love and had done wrong by giving evidence. I felt a large sense of guilt for a long time.
“I questioned if I was right to give statements about the woman who was carrying my child, since then I have replayed a lot of things in my head, and spoken to a lot of people, and it has made me realise the full extent of the abuse carried out on me and the tactics that were used to do so.
“I was coerced, controlled, manipulated, sexually abused, and mentally abused. It is very upsetting that this has happened to me. The months after the abuse happened to me were a very dark time; I felt backed into a corner. I had just lived a double life for 18 months behind my family’s back.
“This had a massive mental toll on me and my family. It tore my family apart; they struggled to come to terms with the fact that they sent me to school, where they believed it to be a safe environment, and this happened as a result. I attended school regularly and left with straight As.
“My parents broke down every day and night trying to get me to speak. I held many things back. I thought I would be better off dealing with things alone, as it is a rare case and not very relatable to others.
“One of the hardest things I had to deal with during this time was not being able to be involved in the pregnancy. Social services contacted me in October and informed me that Rebecca Joynes had refused to allow them to update me on any information, including the due date, gender, or health updates. The thought of not being able to see my child was heartbreaking.
“I now also really struggle with the idea of going into another relationship, due to the negative experience I have gone through with Rebecca Joynes. Ultimately, I will forever be Rebecca Joynes‘s victim and forever linked to her through our child.”
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