Babysitter Who Had Sex With 11-Year-Old Boy Avoids Jail Time

Jade Hatt, a 21-year-old babysitter, was looking after an 11-year-old son of a friend when she allegedly engaged him in sexual activity.  She reportedly removed his clothes and straddled him, engaging the boy in sexual activity for approximately 45 seconds. The boy's father, who previously had a relationship with Hatt, defended her actions claiming that his son was “sex-mad” and “fully up for it”. He actually described it as “another notch on his belt”. 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. "He would ask her to babysit; she had babysat his 11-year-old son on six or seven occasions. On one of those occasions this offence took place. "It was during the day and the boy was off school. The defendant arrived at about 11.30am. "The boy was laying down, Jade Hatt sat on top of him, sat astride him, took off her clothes and removed his. "In his words she started bouncing on his private parts. "According to him it was fairly brief: about 45 seconds. She told him she enjoyed it, he said he had not as it was wrong." The boy's father discovered details about the incident after he noticed a love bite on the boy's neck and when he saw text messages Hatt sent. When arrested, Hatt protested that the boy had told her he was 15, which is still illegal. The boy’s father maintained she knew his rightful age. Hatt, from Swindon, Wiltshire, pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child. Hatt’s representative Rob Ross, defending, said his client was a small, immature, woman and the victim was very advanced for his years. Reading from a statement from the dad, he told the court: "He said 'I know he told her he was 15. He looks older than his years. "He is sex-mad. He would have been fully up for this experience and in many ways sees it as a notch on his belt and is totally unaffected by it." Mr Ross said petite Hatt “clearly doesn't operate at the level of a 20-year-old” and was honest with the police about what had taken place. Judge Tim Mousley called the case exceptional and acknowledged the tough life of Hatt. He said: "Having read everything before me, it was quite clear he was a mature 11-year-old and you were an immature 20-year-old so that narrows the arithmetic age gap between you. "I have read the comments of the boy's father to the police where he doesn't consider you a typical 20-year-old. "I have also read what he has said about the effect on the victim." He imposed a six-month jail term suspended for two years with supervision and said she must register as a sex offender for seven years. Judge Mousley also imposed a sexual harm prevention order banning her from having unsupervised contact with young boys for two years. H/T The Mirror