Appeal court jails Kelly Richards for sex with schoolboy Published duration 12 June 2015

image copyright Wales News Service image caption Kelly Richards was given a jail term by judges at London's Criminal Appeal Court

A mother spared prison for having sex with a schoolboy has been given a two-and-a-half year jail term after judges overruled her original punishment.

In March, Kelly Jane Richards, from Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taff, admitted engaging in sexual activity with a child.

She received a two-year suspended sentence at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court.

But, on Friday, Richards was given a jail term by judges sitting at London's Court of Appeal.

They said the initial sentence was unduly lenient.

Richards, a mother-of-two whose husband has stood by her, was ordered to hand herself in at Merthyr Tydfil police station by 16:30 BST on Friday.