THE father of an 11-year-old boy who was sexually abused by his 20-year-old babysitter has defended her, saying his son saw it as “a notch on his belt.”

Jade Hatt, now 21, was looking after the “sex mad” boy in November last year when she stripped off, took off his clothes, then straddled him before they had sex for 45 seconds.

But the victim’s father, who had a previous sexual relationship with Hatt, defended her in a UK court.

According to the Swindon Advertiser, Swindon Crown Court heard Hatt abused the boy on a day he was home from school. He has not been identified.

“The boy was laying down, Jade Hatt sat on top of him, sat astride him, took off her clothes and removed his,” prosecutor Hannah Squire said.

“In his words she started bouncing on his private parts. Sexual intercourse took place. According to him it was fairly brief: about 45 seconds. She told him she enjoyed it, he said he had not as it was wrong.”

Ms Squire said Hatt was arrested after the boy’s father noticed a love bite on his son’s neck and texts from Hatt.

Hatt pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child, but claimed the boy told her he was 15.

Her lawyer, Rob Ross, said Hatt was an immature and troubled woman, having spent two years in hospital with leukaemia as a child.

Reading from a statement from the boy’s father, Mr Ross told the court: “He (the father) said ‘I know he told her he was 15. He looks older than his years. He is sex mad. He would have been fully up for this experience and in many ways sees it as a notch on his belt and is totally unaffected by it.’ One has to say that is a father that knows his son well.”

Judge Tim Mousley QC handed Hatt a suspended sentence on the grounds that she was “immature”, while her victim was unusually mature.

He also ordered Hatt to register as a sex offender for seven years and banned her from unsupervised contact with young boys for two years.

“Having read everything before me, it was quite clear he was a mature 11-year-old and you were an immature 20-year-old, so that narrows the arithmetic age gap between you,” the judge said.

“I have read the comments of the boy’s father to the police where he doesn’t consider you a typical 20-year-old. I have also read what he has said about the effect on the victim.”