A city centre nightclub where a 14-year-old boy is alleged to have raped a woman just days after another serious attack was reported has been shut down.
06.07.2022 - 09:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A teenager who accused a former teacher of engaging in sexual activity and communication with him when he was under the age of 16 has been cross examined on the second day of a trial hearing. The defence counsel for Rebecca Whitehurst, 46, accused the boy of 'concocting' text messages and that allegations of sexual activity with him were false.
Mark Ford QC spoke to the boy, who appeared as a witness via video link, at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court and accused him of creating the false allegations as he was angry at her rejecting him. Ms Whitehurst, who is accused of two counts of sexual activity and one of sexual communications, was a teacher of the boy at the time.
The boy, who cannot be named, told the court that his emotions were 'maverick' at the time and he suffered with a number of mental health issues. Mr Ford said the boy had previously told people he got a 'nicotine rush when thinking about killing people', but he denied in court this was the case.
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Communication between the boy and Ms Whitehurst started when she noticed him leaving a lesson 'visibly upset' around April 2019. She emailed him through the school system and he was invited along to one of her 'mindfulness sessions' to help with his mental health.
This led to him sending his phone number to her over the email, which was unsuccessful at first but he claims a week later when he did it again she contacted him over the phone. He told the court that he "loved her" and was "obsessed with her" and that he would contact her frequently. This included buying her a necklace which she gave back to him and she asked him to stop contacting her, Mr Ford said.
Ms Whitehurst blocked him
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