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| On trial: Anne Lakey was married and aged around 28 at the time of the alleged offences |
A respected headteacher groomed an underage boy and had a sexual relationship with him, a court heard.
Anne Lakey, 54, engaged in a number of sexual acts with the boy when he was 13 and 14, including having sex with him, Durham Crown Court was told.
The alleged offences are said to have taken place in the late 1980s when she was a married teacher living aged around 28.
Judge Christopher Prince and a jury heard how the alleged victim, who was not one of Lakey's pupils, would visit the home she shared with her husband, with a group of youths.
Eventually, Miss Goodwin explained, he began to visit alone.
The court heard how Lakey asked the complainant if he would play a game of ‘dare’ with her, which resulted in her baring her breasts and allowing him to touch them.
Later she allowed the boy to sit on a step outside the bath as she washed and then stood up and walked into the bedroom, dropped her towel and asked him ‘what are you going to do then?’
The prosecutor also explained how the boy would visit while Lakey was in the bath and that on one occasion she allowed him to see her in the bath.
Eventually, the court was told, Lakey had sex with the boy at her home, his first experience of intercourse, while he was wearing his school uniform.
The jury heard the pair had sex a number of times and engaged in other sex acts, with the boy visiting her home while Lakey’s husband was out and playing truant from school to do so.
The court heard that Lakey told the boy she loved him and he would say it back. Miss Goodwin said the opportunities to have sex were ‘plentiful’ and Lakey would sometimes call the boy’s school, refer to herself as the boy’s ‘mummy’ and say that he was not coming in because of illness.
The complainant came forward in 2012 after seeing a piece of literature which said that Lakey was committed to giving young people the best chance in life.
Miss Goodwin also outlined how the defendant had phoned the boy’s school pretending to be his mother.
The complainant came forward in 2012 after seeing a piece of literature which said that Lakey was committed to giving young people the best chance in life.
In a letter, he called the defendant a ‘disgusting sexual monster’. Lakey, from Stanley, County Durham, was described as an ‘inspiring leader’ by the Chief Inspector of Education after improving GCSE pass rates at her struggling school by focusing on vocational education.
But she was suspended from her position as chief executive of the Durham Federation of Schools last December after the allegations came to light.
Lakey denies nine charges relating to a boy under the age of 16 including inciting him to commit acts of gross indecency, gross indecency and indecent assault.
The trial continues.
Culled from Mirror
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