Angela Gatt, 37, from Ayr, was caught in the act after a night of heavy drinking

A mother-of-two has escaped jail despite being found naked with a 14-year-old boy on top of her, after saying she was 'very, very drunk' at the time.

Angela Gatt, 37, from Ayr in Scotland, was caught in the act after a night of heavy drinking in North Cumbria in the summer of last year.

Neither Gatt, nor her young victim, remember anything about the incident her barrister said she was 'brave' for pleading guilty to her crime.

The cleaner from Ayr, Scotland, was caught in a compromising position by a relative of the boy at the house.

Carlisle Crown Court heard that she had been drinking Prosecco and her victim had been drinking alco-pops.

The boy then fled the room saying he felt sick and Gatt asked the relative, 'What is your problem?', to which she was reminded that he was only 14-years-old.

Gatt was set to face trial in September but pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child.

The mother was visiting the area, and claims to have had drank far too much to recollect what had happened.

Prosecutor Virginia Hayton told Carlisle Crown Court that after being caught naked with the boy on top of her, drunken Gatt fell and injured herself, and so paramedics and police were called to the scene.

Miss Hayton said: 'She was described as being fairly aggressive to them.

'She asked if she could just go home as she had made a fool of herself. She was then arrested.'

Despite accepting that Gatt was a lady of 'hitherto good character' Miss Hayton told the judge that the crime crossed the custody threshold due to the 22 year age disparity between Gatt and the boy.

The victim is said to be embarrassed that he cannot remember what happened and has had the 'mickey took out of him' by his friends since the incident.

Brian Williams, defending, said: 'She has pleaded guilty at the first opportunity and it is a brave plea because no one can remember what actually happened that evening.'

Judge Forrester handed Gatt a 20 month prison sentence suspended for two years. Pictured is Carlisle Crown Court

Judge Barbara Forrester then interjected by telling Mr Williams that the relative who caught her engaging in the act does remember what they saw.

He added: 'The consequences of this conviction have been substantial, upsetting and distressing for her.

'She faces hostility within her local community and she's lost some of her work.'

Mr Williams said that the worst consequence was that the single mother was no longer allowed to be alone with the two young daughters that she has raised be herself.

He said: 'This is a very unusual case of its kind. One usually finds people facing these offences to be men with a predilection for young boys or girls.

'That is not the case here. This offence was committed when she was drunk and she has no interest in young men.

'She is not a paedophile. She was very very drunk and did something very very silly and now must face the consequences along with the heavy price she has already paid.'

Judge Forrester told Gatt that she took her offence very seriously as it was clear in her initial interviews with police that she did not understand the severity of what she had done.

She said: 'There is a significant disparity of age, a serious breach of trust and you had both drunk alcohol but I accept that you did not provide it to him.

'What happened after that, we will never know.'

Judge Forrester handed Gatt a 20 month prison sentence suspended for two years.

She also made her subject to a sexual harm prevention order, placed her on the sex offenders register for 10 years and ordered her to pay £1,000 costs.