Sex Groomer Avoids Gaol Time

BY IAN CROUCH

A former teacher's aide at a Hunter Valley school has been handed a 12 month suspended gaol sentence for grooming a teenage boy for sex.

Jackie Hays pleaded guilty to the charge despite claiming a weight loss drug was to blame for increasing her libido, which led her to seek out the 15-year-old.

Although acknowledging the 51-year-old has been diagnosed with a borderline personality disorder, Judge Robert Stone found there was no evidence to support her claim.

Judge Stone said Ms Hays was remorseful and unlikely to re-offend and placed her on a 12-month good behaviour bond.

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Sex Groomer Faces Sentencing

BY IAN CROUCH

A former support worker at a Hunter Valley school accused of grooming a student for sex will be sentenced next week.

Jackie Hays sent a series of explicit text messages to a then 15-year-old boy in 2015.

The 51-year-old's bid to have her case dismissed on the grounds she was suffering a borderline personality disorder was rejected in Newcastle Local Court.

She claimed a weight loss drug had increased her libido, but a magistrate has ruled the case against her is too serious to dismiss.

The mother of two faces possible gaol time.

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