Chorley woman Emma Hurley, 44, jailed for sexually abusing boy with special needs
The trauma left the boy feeling like his life was “completely over”...
A 44-year-old woman from Chorley has been jailed after grooming and sexually abusing a vulnerable child.
Emma Hurley, of Redwing Drive, Chorley, has been jailed for three years and four months after pleading guilty to five sexual offences against the boy, who has special educational needs.
The boy said he felt pressured to enter a sexual relationship with Hurley after she sent him explicit messages and videos on social media, and later gave him cash and gifts.
Police discovered a total of 775 phone calls and over 10,000 messages that had been exchanged between the pair over a two-month period.
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Hurley was ordered to stay away from the boy, but she was later caught in a car with the teenager after a 20-minute police chase.
Her defence lawyer told Manchester Crown Court that the 44-year-old was “ashamed and disgusted with herself”, and had suffered from mental health issues following a workplace accident.
Judge Nicholas Dean KC said she was a “pervasive and corrupting influence” who placed her own needs above the welfare of the child.