A FEMALE school teacher is accused of sleeping with a 15-year-old male pupil - and even offering to get him a heart-shaped tattoo.

Deborah Lowe, 53, is alleged to have groomed the teenager when he was a student at her Manchester school.

6 Deborah Lowe, 53, is alleged to have groomed the teenager when he was a student at her Manchester school Credit: Mercury Press

6 Blonde former air hostess Lowe is a mother-of-two who is separated from her husband Credit: Mercury Press

6 She was arrested last week and later charged with sexual activity with a boy under the age of 16 Credit: Mercury Press

Blonde former air hostess Lowe, a mother-of-two who is separated from her husband, appeared via videolink at Stockport Magistrates Court this morning.

She was arrested last week and later charged with sexual activity with a boy under the age of 16 and abuse of a position of trust after police received a report of grooming in Cheadle, Greater Manchester.

Lowe, looking tanned with her blonde hair in a bun, wore a black leather jacket with a black jumper and blue jeans as she spoke only to confirm that she was temporarily living at Elmsbed Caravan Park in Poynton, Cheshire.

Lowe is accused of intentionally touching a boy aged 15, not reasonably believing he was 16 or over, between 14 September 2014 and 13 September 2015.

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She also faces a charge of abusing a position of trust by being in a sexual relationship with a boy aged 16.

Tina Cunnane, prosecuting, said diary entries and text messages recovered by police showed Lowe had been “infatuated” with her alleged victim.

It also heard how she had offered to pay for a tattoo for the teenager.

It was later heard that Lowe got the boy a job at a football club and would masturbate in the car while she waited for him.

Giving details of the encounters, Miss Cunnane said the boy claimed Lowe scratched his back so hard that it bled, and that on several occasions they had sex in her caravan.

6 She was refused bail after the prosecution maintained that there were 'substantial grounds to believe she would interfere with witnesses' Credit: Mercury Press

6 It was heard that Lowe got the boy a job at a football club and would masturbate in the car while she waited for him Credit: Mercury Press

6 She appeared at Stockport Magistrates' Court today Credit: Mercury Press

The court heard that Lowe accepted having a sexual relationship with the teenager - who is now 17 and cannot be named for legal reasons - after he left school, but denied the two charges before her.

She was refused bail after the prosecution maintained that there were “substantial grounds to believe she would interfere with witnesses”.

Lowe, supported by two men on the public gallery, was remanded in custody to appear at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester on August 16.

John Richards, defending, said: "This is a serious event. My client wants to clear her name. She will be suspended, clearly, while this is going on."

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