A FORMER dinner lady who had sex with a 14-year-old boy has been spared a prison term because it would have meant her four children would be put into foster care.

Terri Spragg, 35, had sex with the young lad on several occasions – including on the kitchen floor – warned him not tell anyone because it was illegal.

2 Ex-dinner lady Terri Spragg, 35, was spared jail during a hearing on Friday because it would have caused her four children to be split up and put into foster care Credit: IWCP

The court also heard that the pair played a sex game on New Year’s Eve in 2014 where the ‘loser’ had to massage the back of the ‘winner’.

The mum-of-four, who often had sex with the boy after drinking sessions, denied all the charges but was found guilty on seven of them when she was tried last year.

She appeared for sentencing at the Isle of Wight Crown Court yesterday where Judge John Price said: “He started having feelings for her. He became very fond of you. Then it became a sexual relationship.”

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He added: “I have read his victim impact statement. He says it has caused great upset. He was not able to talk to his parents and found it difficult to get on with people at school.”

Judge Price continued: “He could not legally consent, in practical terms, he did. He was very fond of you. “

However, he spared her a spell behind bars because it would have meant her four children going into foster care.

2 She had been convicted of sexual activity with a child after she had sex with a 14-year-old boy on multiple occasions, including the kitchen floor Credit: IWCP

He said: “They would be taken from you and would go into different homes. It breaks up the family. I have no problem locking you up but I have to take into account the effect on the children.”

Defending Spragg, her lawyer Rufus Taylor said she was a vulnerable single mother and had suffered a recent bereavement as well as a miscarriage.

He said: “This relationship gave her some sort of self-worth.”

She was found guilty on seven charges of sexual activity with a child but was cleared of two further charges.

She was sentenced to 15 months in jail, suspended for two years, and has been placed on the sex offender’s register for five years.

Speaking after the case, a spokesperson for the NSPCC said: “Spragg deliberately targeted and took advantage of an underage boy. Her deplorable actions have had a serious effect on the victim and we hope he receives swift support.

“Child abuse has devastating effects and can ruin lives. that’s why the NSPCC is visiting primary schools with its Speak Out, Stay Safe service, empowering children to protect themselves from abuse and to speak out if they have concerns.

“Since the service launched, the NSPCC has spoken to more than 2,600 primary school children, through 30 unique school visits across the whole of the Isle of Wight.”

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