Rebecca Joynes, a young schoolteacher who had sex with two teenage schoolboys, has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.

The 30-year-old “sexual predator” was sentenced for six counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child.

She was found guilty by a jury at Manchester Crown Court in May following a two-week trial.

Joynes began grooming the two boys - whom cannot be identified - when they were 15. She was on bail for sexual activity with the first, Boy A, when she began having sex with the second, Boy B, by whom she went on to become pregnant.

Rebecca Joynes was sentenced at Manchester Crown CourtPA

Manchester Crown Court heard how she had fostered relationships with the boys over flirty Snapchat messages.

She had groomed them with attention and bought one, called Boy A, a £350 Gucci belt during a shopping trip to the Trafford Centre.