

"Whatever the prompt or dynamic, it is ultimately that you had a responsibility to your son. "You spanked the naked buttocks of your son with a paddle. Imposing a sixteen month jail term suspended for two years, Judge Ian Lawrie QC told the woman: "You've pleaded guilty to three offences of sexual activity with a child family member, that is your son. "She should not be regarded as predatory," Mr Burch argued. She was someone who was 'bedevilled and plagued' by the boy's demands and she capitulated, he said. "This was a mother struggling to bring up her son in an appropriate way and control him," he added. There was merely 'reluctant acquiescence,' on her part, he said. Mr Burch added that the woman had 'not one iota of enthusiasm,' for the sexual relationship with her son. Man 'snatched girl, 7, and molested her while she was Christmas shopping with mum' Referring to 'plaguing persevering messages' from her son, Mr Burch said: "Not once had any of the ideas come from her. "In her previous, abusive, relationship, she was subject to physical violence and made to engage in sexual acts she did not want to." "She is vulnerable for a number of reasons. "She had no enthusiasm for the conduct and was ashamed and contrite," he added. Simon Burch, representing the woman, said her child has 'instigated' the sexual offending. The boy later told police he 'got pleasure from those activities'. "This happened more than once, but less than six times." "He would wear a t-shirt, nothing else," prosecutor Stephen Dent said. Her sentencing hearing was told the sordid details of the crime, in which she spanked the boy with a paddle and dressed up in knickers, bra and boots as he wanted. Gloucester Crown Court heard how the woman went along with the teenager's demands out of motherly love as she pleaded guilty to three charges of sexual activity with the boy. The 50-year-old woman, who cannot be named, was told by a judge she had "clearly breached her obligation as a mother" as she was handed the suspended sentence.

A mum who claimed she had sexual relations with her 15-year-old son because he seduced her has avoided jail.
