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Rebecca Joynes is currently serving a six and a half year prison sentence

A teacher who was convicted for having sex with two boys, becoming pregnant by one, has been banned from the profession.

Maths teacher Rebecca Joynes, 31, was jailed for six and a half years in July last year after being found guilty of six counts of sexual activity with a child, after sleeping with one pupil before falling pregnant by a second while on police bail.

The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) convened earlier this month via a virtual hearing, which Joynes did not attend, to consider her professional conduct. A panel recommended she be banned from teaching.

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[–] 1uddy@lemmings.world 8 points 4 hours ago

Dang.

They're all going to learn that society doesn't give a damn about them.

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 39 points 12 hours ago

Whether we call it rape or not, is less relevant than the real world UK offences and sentencing guide for sex with a minor. She will serve her time, be on a sex offenders register for life, never work in teaching again and an indelible record that will show up on any safeguarding checks.

Here in the UK, our issue is that women and girls are told by the likes of Tommy (shit-for-brains) Robinson to look out for brown, black or Muslim people. Every week, women and girls have drinks spiked andraped by local white men, or are raped by people known and close to them.

This story will get some headline news because she's an attractive white woman. If it was a brown, black, Muslim male, preferably with a beard, then we would be seeing widespread fear mongering by almost every news site.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 25 points 13 hours ago

I would like to welcome Rebecca Joyner to her future career in the Trump administration.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

So now the administration just needs to pardon her and make her Secretary of Education. Causes that's fucking on brand for this shit show.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They'd struggle to pardon someone in the UK.

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[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 19 points 14 hours ago

falling pregnant

I always find this expression incredibly strange.

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south park detective: nice.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

She is an amateur. She should just say that she didn't know them and it's certainly a democrats conspiracy.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Invoke the Jewish space lasers and it’s all suddenly Hilary’s fault via Hunters laptop. Blatant grift has been going on so long it should just be a class in school now

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