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A British single mother who slept with a 12-year-old boy almost 200 times was jailed today for nine years.
Angela Sullivan, 36, gave the boy, dubbed "man balls" by school friends, a pair of sneakers as a reward after he slept with her for the 100th time, The Sun reports.
When police arrested her in October, they found her diary marked with childish entries and 191 stars against dates when they slept together.
The unemployed mother admitted 10 abuse charges, relating to one sex session for each month of their affair.
Prosecutor Richard Bennett told a court in north England that the abuse started on the night of a New Year party Sullivan threw at her home.
"Alcohol, including spirits, was available and it seems the young children at the party were freely able to consume it," he said.
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"During the course of the party the defendant said to the boy, 'Are you daring? Are you a devil? Are you game?'
"She tried to kiss the boy but he pulled away."
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, later told police he was "really drunk."
Bennett said, "the defendant took the intoxicated boy up to bed.
She knew he was only 12 years of age when she placed him on her own son's bed."
Sullivan undressed him and they slept together.
The next day the boy, described in court as a "young-looking 12-year-old," experienced a hangover and Sullivan told him, "I had sex with you and if anyone finds out it's classed as rape and everything."
Jailing her, Judge John Walford said, "you took advantage of this boy's age.
"While I accept that you did not ply him with drink, the fact of the matter is that allowing a 12-year-old boy to drink is in my judgment shameful."
