Wednesday 6 July 2022 10:36 AM Teenager 'obsessed' with female teacher, 46, 'concocted' texts to back up ... trends now

A male student aged under 16 who accused his former teacher of engaging in sexual activity and communications with him 'concocted' text messages because he was angry at her for rejecting him, a court has heard.

Rebecca Whitehurst, 46, from Cheshire, allegedly exchanged 'sexualised messages' with the juvenile student, who cannot be named for legal reasons, before engaging in sexual activity when she was a teacher at his Greater Manchester school in 2019. 

The defence counsel for Ms Whitehurst said the complainant's allegations of sexual activity were false.

Mark Ford QC cross-examined the boy, who appeared as a witness via video link, at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court, and accused him of creating the false allegations because he was angry at the defendant for rejecting him.

Ms Whitehurst, who is accused of two counts of sexual activity and one of sexual communications, was a teacher of the boy at the time.

During his questioning of the student, Mr Ford told the boy: 'You were obsessed with Rebecca Whitehurst and were upset you couldn't have a relationship with her that you wanted.'

The boy simply replied: 'Yes.'

The student told the court that his emotions were 'maverick' at the time and he suffered with a number of mental health issues.

Mr Ford said the boy had previously told people he got a 'nicotine rush when thinking about killing people', but in court he denied this was the case.

Communication between the boy and Ms Whitehurst started when she noticed him leaving a lesson 'visibly upset' around April 2019.

She emailed him through the school system and he was invited along to one of her 'mindfulness sessions' to help with his mental health.

This led to him sending his phone number to her over the email, which was unsuccessful at first, but he claims a week later

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