Teaching assistant, 21, took 15-year-old schoolboy home twice and had sex with him after saying ‘age is just a number’

• Rebecca Williams, 21, is accused of having sex with a 15-year-old pupil twice
• She admitted two offences of sexual activity and abusing a position of trust
• The former teaching assistant received a twelve month suspended sentence

A teaching assistant accused of twice having sex with a schoolboy after telling him ‘age is just a number’ was spared jail today.

Rebecca Williams, 21, of Criccieth, Gwynedd, had been in contact online and the messages escalated to flirting between them, Mold crown court heard.

The pair had told each other : ‘You’re fit,’ said prosecuting barrister Richard Edwards.

Mr Edwards said Williams had picked up the teen, aged 15, in her car one weekend and took him to her home.

‘They watched TV before the defendant took him to her bedroom,’ counsel said. ‘He described the first time as a little awkward.’

They kissed and had sex and the boy stayed overnight.

Rebecca Williams,21, (pictured leaving Mold courts) was given a suspended prison sentence after she admitted to two offences of sexual activity with a boy of 15 and abusing a position of trust

The former teaching assistant will must register as a sex offender for the next ten years and is not allowed to work with children again

Mr Edwards said Williams had later messaged the boy, asking to meet up again. They went straight upstairs to her bedroom and romped. But Williams wanted more of a relationship and the victim ended up blocking her on messaging apps.

Williams admitted two offences of sexual activity with a boy of 15 and abusing a position of trust.

Mr Edwards said : ‘Rumours started circulating among staff that the defendant had slept with a pupil. The head of the school questioned the defendant directly about the information. The defendant denied anything untoward had gone on.’

Social services and police were alerted. The boy confirmed they had sex.

The prosecutor added that some of the messages between them must have been exchanged on school grounds.

Williams (pictured) avoided jail time at sentencing today, but will have to do 150 hours unpaid work and pay £576 cost

Judge Nicola Saffman, who sentenced Williams at Mold Crown Court (pictured) today, said the defendant knew what she was doing and that there had been grooming

Jemma Gordon, defending, said Williams had been quizzed early last year and confessed. But a postal requisition for the case was only sent in January.

Williams had a new job in construction, working all over the country, and was doing well. She was also receiving help for her mental health. She was described in a pre-sentence report as ‘a low risk of reoffending.’

Miss Gordon added : ‘She’s in a new relationship which has helped her.’

Judge Nicola Saffman imposed a twelve months suspended jail term with rehabilitation and 150 hours unpaid work. Williams, who showed no emotion in the dock, has to pay £576 costs, must register as a sex offender for ten years, and can’t work with children again.

Judge Saffman said there had been ‘grooming.’ She told Williams : ‘You knew what you were doing. You were working up to engage in a sexual relationship with him.’

The boy broke off the relationship with her but the defendant was keen to carry on. ‘Some of the messages were carried out on school grounds which is an aggravating feature,’ Judge Saffman declared.

But there was delay in the case and she had rehabilitated herself

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