Mum spared jail after she kept groping teenage boy

JUDGE RULES 40-YEAR-OLD ‘IMMATURE' AND IS NOT ATTRACTED TO CHILDREN

- KENNY PARKER

A MUM who repeatedly groped a teenage boy has been spared jail after a judge ruled she was 'immature' and not sexually attracted to children.

Julie Winnard was 40 when she slapped and squeezed the bottom of the 15-year-old lad as he bent down.

She also made inappropriate comments towards him.

Winnard, from Hindley, Wigan, was later charged with four counts of sexual assault after the boy told a social worker of his 'uncomfortable' encounters over a 13 month period.

He claimed she also kissed him on the cheek whilst grabbing his bottom and further tried to kiss him on the lips.

At Bolton Crown Court, former hairdresser Winnard, now 44, faced six months in jail under sentencing guidelines after she admitted two of the charges but she was given 12-month community order with 20 days of rehabilitation activity and a 12-month mental health requirement. The two remaining charges were allowed to lie on file.