Gainsborough woman who sexually abused teenagers has been jailed

A Gainsborough woman has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for sexually abusing a child.
Kirsty BeattieKirsty Beattie
Kirsty Beattie

Kirsty Beattie, 29, pictured, from The Green, Gainsborough was sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court on Thursday, March 12.

The charges included six counts of sexual activity with a child and four counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

Her victims, aged in their teens, were five girls and two boys.

Beattie denied these charges but was found guilty following trial earlier this year.

Beattie was also previously charged with, and pleaded guilty to, child cruelty.

Beattie was placed on the sex offenders’ register for life and given a sexual harm prevention order.

The court heard how Beattie invited the "vulnerable" youngsters into her home and groomed them with cigarettes and drink before carrying out the offences.

And that Beattie claimed to be a bra-fitter and put her hands under the tops of girls.

And on another occasion at a party she unsuccessfully tried to persuade a teenage boy to carry out a sex offence against a young girl but he refused.

She also kissed two boys in a sexual way.

Det Con Michelle Hartley wished to pay tribute to the children involved.

She said: “I would like to thank all the victims for their bravery within this case.

“It has been a long process and they have suffered as a consequence of the abuse by Beattie.”