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A student who was in a sexual relationship with a teacher who later gave birth to his child gave a powerful impact statement in court as she was sentenced to jail. Rebecca Joynes was a teacher at a Manchester school when she had sexual relationships with two boys. She became pregnant by one of them and surrendered the baby a day after giving birth. A jury convicted Joynes of six offenses in June and she was sentenced to six-and-a-half-years in jail on Thursday. One of the victims gave an impact statement to the court for the sentencing explaining the physical and “massive” mental toll the abus…

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