TEACHER SEDUCED BOY, 15, IN DANCE LESSONS; Judge Warns Her She Faces Jail after Admitting Romps

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Byline: By STEVE McCOMISH

A FEMALE teacher who seduced a boy of 15 was facing jail last night.

Nicola Prentice began flirting with the youngster during dance lessons, dressed in a "provocative" way and later romped with him at his parents' house.

Yesterday she wept in the dock as Judge Michael Stokes QC told her: "If this was a man, prison would be inevitable. Why should I treat a woman any differently?

"You do not send your 15-year-old son to school for him to be seduced by his dancing teacher. The law is there for a purpose."

Prentice was 22 and in her first job when she started a relationship with the boy and they began having sex …