Teacher who seduced boy escapes jail

A teacher who seduced a 15-year-old schoolboy and started a relationship with him behind her boyfriend's back walked free from court today.

Nicola Prentice, 25, from Sheffield, flirted with pupil Dean Dainty and sent sexy text messages to him before luring him to out-of-school dance lessons and visits to the pub.

They embarked on a 19-month relationship which ended when Prentice became tired of the teenager's emotional demands after he left school and insisted that she leave her boyfriend.

Prentice, of Loughton, pleaded guilty to two counts of abusing her position of trust by mutual touching and sexual intercourse with the boy and was given a 12-month suspended sentence by a judge at Leicester Crown Court.