THE mother of Jade Hatt’s victim has said she is disgusted with the justice system and is planning to appeal after the babysitter was spared custody despite being found guilty of having sex with a child.

The mother of the 11-year-old boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said she felt utterly violated after she heard what the 21-year-old babysitter had done to her son.

Last November, Hatt had been entrusted with the care of the boy while he was off school, but one day stripped him of his clothes and had sex with him.

Despite the boy admitting he did not enjoy the encounter and knew it was wrong, his father told the court his son was sex mad, and completely unaffected.

His mother says she is appalled by the comments, and blamed her ex for helping their son’s abuser avoid a prison sentence.

“He is not sex mad, he is 11 years old,” she said.

“Of course he is interested in girls but that is how it is in the playground, it is girls his own age.

“He is just a normal boy. He would rather be playing his computer games.”

Children’s charities, including the NSPCC and Kidscape, have spoken out against the sentence, describing the comments in court as deeply worrying. Find out more here

The victim’s mother is planning to appeal the decision and is seeking legal advice.

“I want to try to get this pushed back into court,” she said.

“I think she should have gone to prison and there’s no two ways about that.

“This should be looked at the same as if this was a 21-year-old man having sex with a little girl. It is no different in my eyes, and she got away with it way too lightly.

“I have nothing to do with his dad any more; he helped her get off lightly.

“I was thinking she must go to prison but the comments made by his dad helped her get away with it.”

The mother said Judge Tim Mousley QC should never have accepted Hatt’s immaturity as mitigation.

“If I had been there I would have told the judge that outcome was wrong, and it is disgusting that a female is being treated differently to a male,” she said.

“I feel violated myself because this is my baby boy. It is just lucky for her I can’t take the law into my own hands, and I won’t.

“I have been left disgusted with his dad and the justice system.

“Jade is only a few years younger than me, and just because someone is immature for their age does not make it okay.”

Hatt was given a six-month jail term suspended for two years with supervision and told to register as a sex offender for seven years. Read the original court report here

Judge Mousley also imposed a sexual harm prevention order banning her from having unsupervised contact with young boys for two years.