Rebecca Joynes is currently serving a six and a half year prison sentence

Rebecca Joynes is currently serving a six and a half year prison sentence

A teacher who was convicted for having sex with two boys, becoming pregnant by one, has been banned from the profession.

Maths teacher Rebecca Joynes, 31, was jailed for six and a half years in July last year after being found guilty of six counts of sexual activity with a child, after sleeping with one pupil before falling pregnant by a second while on police bail.

The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) convened earlier this month via a virtual hearing, which Joynes did not attend, to consider her professional conduct. A panel recommended she be banned from teaching.

  • PoastRotato@lemmy.worldEnglish
    325·
    8 months ago

    I agree, but there are libel laws to consider here. It serves no one to open yourself up to a lawsuit, especially one from which the rapist can only benefit.

      • PoastRotato@lemmy.worldEnglish
        121·
        8 months ago

        I was more referring to the news outlet. Regular folks like you and I aren’t much at risk of being sued for libel.

        • baines@lemmy.cafeEnglish
          31·
          8 months ago

          Regular folks like you and I aren’t much at risk of being sued for libel.

          Trump: hold my 12 year old… beer

      • DigitEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        That’s only because uk libel laws are backwards and stupid.

        iftfy

    • Deathray5@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      I don’t think someone would win the libel case and bad cases SLAP lawsuits aren’t really a meaningful thing here (we have protections against shit lawsuits)