Children's home worker sent 'inappropriate' WhatsApp messages to boy asking him to 'go missing'

Lindy Leah, 44, is accused of encouraging a teenage lad to spell missing astatine a children's location wherever she worked aft a tribunal heard she sent him 'inappropriate' messages

A attraction idiosyncratic who allegedly had a intersexual narration with a lad astatine a children's location encouraged him to spell missing implicit WhatsApp, a proceedings has heard.

Lindy Leah, 44, is connected proceedings astatine Liverpool Crown Court accused of inciting a kid to prosecute successful intersexual activity. She is accused of engaging successful the "highly inappropriate behaviour" with a nonmigratory of the attraction location successful St Helens, Merseyside, wherever she worked arsenic lawman manager. It included her wearing "completely unsuitable clothing" which was "skin tight" and "highly revealing" successful his presence. The joined mum-of-two was besides said to person "fallen successful emotion with" the teen, and sent him what were described arsenic "highly inappropriate" messages, reports the Liverpool Echo.

On Monday afternoon, authoritative Simon Christie told a assemblage of 3 men and 9 women during the prosecution's opening: "This lawsuit concerns what the crown accidental is simply a superior and persistent breach of trust. Lindy Leah, by her ain admission, fell successful emotion with him. But the crown accidental that this went beyond the benignant of parental emotion that offers attraction and support, and it became thing much carnal and inappropriate.

He said the lad "will not beryllium giving evidence" arsenic helium "does not enactment the prosecution", adding: "What we person are the observations of immoderate of those adults who witnessed Lindy Leah interact with [the boy] and who volition accidental that her behaviour was often highly inappropriate. In addition, we person the downloads of galore messages betwixt the 2 of them, principally from WhatsApp, that overgarment a representation of a narration acold removed from cardinal idiosyncratic and child. There are galore expressions of emotion successful the WhatsApp messages."

Leah, from Orford, Warrington, was besides said to person video footage of the teen portion helium was "asleep oregon successful bed" stored connected her mobile phone. Concerns implicit Leah's behaviour led to her being spoken to by the constabulary successful June past year, though she "denied immoderate improper behaviour", the tribunal heard. She was released connected bail nether the information that she cease interaction with the boy, but a workfellow past spotted the 2 of them unneurotic successful a car the pursuing month.

Jurors were besides told that different co-workers were "greatly concerned" by the suspect "frequently" wearing "revealing" clothing. This included Leah wearing a "bodysuit without underwear" and "highly disposable thongs". A subordinate of unit recalled her telling the teen "I've had a ablution but I forgot to bring cleanable knickers" connected 1 occasion. She was past said to person "pulled up her bodysuit" successful a revealing mode earlier stating: "Oh, you tin spot my nipples."

The teen's mum was said to person been "initially impressed with the attraction her lad was getting" astatine the home, but "grew much acrophobic arsenic clip went on". When she approached Leah, who wore a achromatic jumper successful the dock with her blonde hairsbreadth tied backmost successful a ponytail, she replied that helium "had her wrapped astir his small finger" and "thought helium was gorgeous and handsome".

Members of the assemblage were past work a drawstring of WhatsApp messages sent betwixt the 2 parties implicit the people of astir 2 months. During 1 exchange, Leah told the lad that she was "proper paranoid" that she had "lost" him.

When the teen, whose fig she had stored successful her contacts arsenic "Pain successful My A**e", was reassured that she had not, she responded "I anticipation with each my bosom that's true" earlier adding "I anticipation I've not mislaid you to a sl*g". Her texts, which were seemingly sent erstwhile she was "in the pub and drunk again", continued: "Your lying made maine wanna termination myself. I'm not emo either. Where you gone? I'm sorry. If you ne'er met maine past your beingness would beryllium better."

After the lad asked her "why you ringing maine portion you're p***ed?", Leah replied: "To numb the symptom of losing you. I miss you truthful much. All I privation is for maine and you to person a nighttime distant from everything, conscionable us.

She past asked "Do you privation to spell MFC connected 17th?". This abbreviation was said to beryllium a notation to "missing from care". Leah past continued: "I emotion you truthful much. Can I publication determination for you and maine connected Friday? Somewhere with balloons and flake."

The tribunal besides heard that Leah took the kid connected 3 trips distant to caravans successful Cheshire and North Wales. This included a two-night booking for a £140 "holiday" connected 1 occasion.

Leah denies 1 number of being a idiosyncratic successful a presumption of spot causing oregon inciting a kid to prosecute successful intersexual activity. The proceedings continues, and is expected to past for astir a week.