Woman banned from texting pupils
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A teaching assistant has been jailed for six months and banned from sending texts to boys after admitting having sex with a special
needs pupil aged 16.
Beverley Miles, 48, from Bournemouth, Dorset, preyed on the boy at school, at his home and at remote beauty spots.
The victim's sister raised the alarm after he confided in her, showing her sexual text messages from Miles.
The boy had tried to break off the relationship with Miles, a married mother of two teenagers, jurors heard.
She and the teenager, who needed one to one teaching and was described as "rather slow", had a relationship between 1 May and 17
June, Bournemouth Crown Court was told.
After their relationship became public, Miles disappeared from home for three weeks, sparking an extensive search by police.
Her husband, a painter and decorator, toured the New Forest and Isle of Wight, putting up posters asking for help finding her.
Miles, who had been sleeping rough in the New Forest, rang home after recognising herself on a poster.
'Breathtaking arrogance'
The special needs expert initially denied six charges, but later changed her plea on two counts to guilty.
Judge John Beashel ordered the other four counts to lie on file.
He also disqualified her from working with children and made a sexual offences prevention order banning her from sending text
messages to any boy under 18 who is not a relation, or living with any boy under 18 to whom she is not related.
Mr Beashel said: "In many ways these offences demonstrate breathtaking irresponsibility and indeed arrogance on your part in driving
to his home on at least one occasion whilst the rest of his family were out and having sexual intercourse with him there."
The victim's mother, who cannot be named in case her son is identified, said outside court: "No amount of punishment will ever
compensate for the ordeal that my son has had to endure and is still enduring.
"This teacher deceived me into believing that she was giving my son extra tuition prior to his GCSE exams.
"To then discover that his trust, and mine, was significantly abused by this teacher was devastating."
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