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A female paedophile has walked free from court after she was caught in bed with a 15-year-old boy.

Janie Emery, 24, a care worker, stood before a judge at Caernarfon Crown Court today.

At an earlier hearing she pleaded guilty to two charges of sexual activity with a child.

A third charge was ordered to lie on the file after prosecutors offered no evidence.

Today Emery, of Pentrefelin Terrace, Welshpool, was told she knew what she was doing was wrong.

Judge Niclas Parry said: “You knew his age and you knew it was against the law but the offences were committed more than once.

“You ignored warnings and your behaviour has affected the boy.”

The judge said although the offences crossed the custody threshold, he took into account her guilty plea, albeit at a late stage, and her previous good character.

Emery was handed a 12-month prison sentence suspended for a year and ordered to carry out 150 hours unpaid work.

She must also undertake a rehabilitation course supervised by the Probation Service.

Her name and other details will be on the Sexual Offenders Register for 10 years.

She must also observe the terms of a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Jonathan Austin, prosecuting, said the matters came to light last March when Emery’s housemate found the child in bed with Emery.

He told the court Emery had bought the boy gifts and allowed him to buy cigarettes.

Between January and March last year the boy’s mother had been suspicious of his friendship with Emery and had challenged her about the time he was spending in her company.

“She had denied anything sexual was going on and they were just friends,” the barrister said.

After the pair were found in Emery’s bedroom the matter was reported to police.

Emery initially denied the offences had taken place.

Andrew Green, defending, said Emery had her own vulnerabilities and these were set out in the medical reports presented to the court.

He noted she had made full admissions to the police and that there were clear issues that needed to be addressed.

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