Babysitter who had s-ex with 11-year-old escapes jail after the boy's own father defended her in court

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A babysitter who had sex with an 11-year-old boy she was supposed to be looking after has been spared jail after the child's father defended her.

A court heard that the boy was 'sex mad' and 'sees it as a notch on his belt' to have sex with Jade Hatt, 21, who seduced him while babysitting him when he was off school for a day.

The judge gave Hatt a suspended sentence on the grounds that she was 'immature' while her victim was unusually mature, which 'narrows the arithmetic age gap'.

The boy's father, who is also Hatt's ex-lover, claimed his son was 'fully up for this experience' as he pleaded for the babysitter to be spared jail over the 45-second sexual encounter.

Hannah Squire, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court: 'The defendant was friends with the boy's father, with whom she had had a brief sexual relationship. Read more dailymail