When mild-mannered Rebecca Joynes was exposed as a child sex predator, the feeling among her colleagues and childhood pals was one of complete disbelief. During a two-week trial in May the disgraced former maths teacher who preyed on students was often described as "shy" and "quiet". Even a video clip of her arrest shows Joynes, 30, politely inviting officers into her flat with a welcoming smile just hours after she was suspended from work.
But she was leading a "double life", where she spoke to 15-year-old boys on Snapchat, brought them back to her apartment for sex and even fell pregnant with one teenager's baby. One insider at the Greater Manchester School where Joynes groomed two of her students claimed there had been some telling signs in hindsight. They told The Times: "I would never have thought it could have been someone like her.
She was strict. Not over the top, she was just really in control of her class. I remember you could hear a pin drop.
If I asked any of the students who their favourite maths teacher was, all the kids would've said, 'Ms Joynes. [She] is so funny, she's a really cool teacher and she gets us'." Read the latest updates as Joynes starts her prison sentence In October 2021, Joynes began messaging a 15-year-old boy from her class on Snapchat, and arranged to take him to the Trafford Centre.
That night, while his parents thought he was staying with friends, Joynes took the victim back to her apartment in Salford Quays and had sex with him. When rumo.
