May 17th 2024.
There were two teenage boys, one aged 15 and the other 16, who had told their parents they were going to different places. The 15-year-old said he was going to his friend's house to play Fifa, while the 16-year-old claimed he was going to watch a Manchester United match. However, the truth was that both boys were secretly planning to meet their math teacher, Rebecca Joynes, at her apartment by the river in Salford Quays. This 30-year-old teacher now faces jail time for grooming these boys, one of whom is actually the father of her baby.
So how did this seemingly innocent and quiet girl, who had landed her dream job as a teacher, become a sexual predator targeting her own students? Rebecca Joynes was born in December 1993 and grew up in a well-off neighborhood in Birkenhead, where her parents owned a café. Throughout her trial, her parents, Stuart and Mel, both in their 50s, showed their support for her, with her dad often seen with his arm around her as they walked to court.
A childhood friend of Joynes's remembered her as a talented gymnast. In an interview with The Times, they said that she had a long-term relationship and they all thought they would end up getting married. So it came as a surprise when they broke up, and this friend never would have thought that Joynes was capable of something like this. After completing her postgraduate studies, Joynes began her career as a math teacher in 2018. She was petite, soft-spoken, and described by her teenage students as "really pretty," which earned her the nickname "Bunda Becky."
By the time the offenses occurred, Joynes was 28 years old. She had recently gone through a difficult breakup after a nine-year relationship, was struggling during the Covid pandemic, and was feeling lonely. It was during this time that she became flattered by the attention of her students. She admitted to giving her number to Boy A, who had to solve a problem to figure out the last digit. They connected on Snapchat and started exchanging flirty messages, eventually agreeing to meet in secret.
One day, Boy A told his mother that his teacher was "well fit" and that all the boys fancied her. His mother brushed it off as a typical teenage boy's comment. Two weeks later, he lied to his mother about staying over at a friend's house to play Fifa after school. Instead, Joynes picked him up in her Audi A1 near his home and took him to the Trafford Centre, where she bought him a £350 Gucci belt. On the way, she laughed when he said he wasn't old enough to drive. Once they arrived at her apartment, they kissed and had sex twice, with Joynes warning him to keep it a secret.
The next day, Boy A's mother noticed a love bite on his neck, which he dismissed as nothing. However, he had taken a photo and shared it on Snapchat, leading to rumors and a tip-off to the police. When the school found out, they immediately called the police, and Boy A's distraught mother stormed into the school's reception. Boy A initially claimed it was just boys being boys and that things got out of hand, but Joynes was suspended, and a police investigation began. The police later found Boy A's semen on the bed sheets in Joynes's flat.
Joynes was bailed on the condition that she had no unsupervised contact with anyone under 18. She then had a breakdown and moved back in with her parents on the Wirral. However, things took a turn when Boy B messaged her on Snapchat, asking how she was doing. She thought he genuinely cared, and soon they were exchanging messages. He even asked her to "get her tits out," to which she replied, "Not tonight." Eventually, Joynes moved back to Salford Quays, and Boy B came to visit her. They kissed and Joynes even straddled him, but she suggested waiting until he turned 16 before taking things further.
After Boy B's 16th birthday, he lied to his parents and said he was going to watch a Manchester United match, but instead, he went to Joynes's apartment. He later told the court that he was nervous when he lost his virginity to her and even warned her that he was only 16. As they were getting undressed, Joynes laughed and said, "Oh! You lied to me." The police later found out that they regularly had sex while Boy B was still in school. Joynes had told him that she couldn't get pregnant, but she ended up getting pregnant with his baby.
Their relationship eventually turned sour, with frequent arguments, and Joynes became controlling and jealous. In a last-ditch attempt to save their relationship, Joynes invited Boy B over for a "date night" involving an Ann Summers scratchcard, rose petals, and hidden notes around her flat. At the end of the night, there was a baby grow that said "Best Dad" on the front. Boy B was shocked and told the police, "I was like, 'What the f***!'" Joynes even wrote a letter to Boy B, saying, "Every inch of you is perfect. You are all I ever dream about."
Joynes was arrested the next day for breaking her bail conditions and spent five months in custody. She gave birth in early 2024, but her baby was taken away from her just 24 hours after giving birth. She wore a pink baby's bonnet tucked into her trousers while coming into court, which the prosecutor called a "naked attempt to garner sympathy." Joynes denied any sexual activity with Boy A and claimed that when he stayed over, he slept on the sofa. She also said that their sexual relationship with Boy B only started after he had left school and she had been dismissed from her job. She argued that she was no longer in a position of authority, so no offense had been committed. However, the prosecution argued that Joynes saw things differently because she was a woman, and no one would have any sympathy for a male teacher taking teenage girls to his flat.
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