Mother jailed after having threesome with two 13-year-old schoolboys in her son's bedroom

Natalie Harris, from Waterlooville in Hampshire, wept in the dock at Portsmouth Crown Court on Thursday after being handed her sentence.

She admitted four counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child.

Harris invited the two boys to her home after sending sexually explicit messages to one of the teenagers on Snapchat.

In a “total disregard of any moral compass”, the court was told, Harris developed an “obsession for young boys” and wanted “attention” after her break-up.

Judge Sarah Munro KC added that following the breakup Harris had a “dramatic change” in mood and became “extremely promiscuous” which included an “obsession in you for sex with young boys”.

She later claimed Harris felt “unloved” and told the court “in your desire for attention, you gave no consideration on the long-term detrimental impact on these young boys”.

Both boys initially denied the November 2022 incident with Harris.

However, the court was told that Harris took the boys to her son’s bedroom and had sex with the pair for roughly 40 minutes.

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The schoolboys left before Harris' so returned from school.

Harris was identified as the woman involved in the video via her distinctive hand tattoos.

She initially claimed “no knowledge” of who the woman was in the video.

The 36-year-old’s mobile phone was later seized by police and a “thread of messages” between her and one of the boys was found

Prosecutor Matthew Lawson told Portsmouth Crown Court: “The case came to light in January of last year.

“There was a video that had been circulating around the school both boys attended.

“The police got a call from a concerned parent which showed an adult female engaging in sexual activity with a boy.”

Harris has since been diagnosed with both bipolar and multiple personality disorder.

In mitigation, criminal barrister Berenice Mulvanny claimed Harris was “deeply remorseful” and “devastated” about her behaviour.

Judge Munro KC added: “The impact upon him has been dreadful. He feels guilty about what happened.

“You have clearly turned that family upside down and taken his childhood away from him.”

Sentencing her, she continued: “No sentence I can pass can give him his childhood back or undo the damage you have done to him.”

In a victim impact statement, the mother of the boy who came forward to Hampshire Police claimed she saw her son “fade away” as a result of the “awful nightmare”.

She added: “My heart just breaks, I couldn't have imagined this happening to my son - he is a child.

“Natalie has completely turned our family upside down. The worst thing about all of this is she has taken away his childhood and I will never forgive her.

“He will never get back the childhood that has been taken from him. This will stay with us now for the rest of our lives.”