A female maths tutor who sexually abused a vulnerable teenage boy she had been teaching online has been jailed for six years.

Holly Rouse-Sweeney, 37, has been jailed for six years after “cynically took advantage” of the youngster “for her own sexual gratification”, a court heard.

The private tutor’s abuse was described by police as an “appalling breach of trust by a woman who had been trusted to spend time with a vulnerable child”.

Rouse-Sweeney was caught when the boy’s mother found inappropriate WhatsApp messages on his phone and contacted police in May last year.

Officers then discovered several incriminating diary entries on her laptop in which she acknowledged the abuse and even referenced the boy’s age.

Rouse-Sweeney pleaded guilty to two counts of engaging in sexual activity with a boy, and four counts of causing a boy to engage in sexual activity.

She claimed that her actions had been influenced by a long-standing mental health condition.

Rouse-Sweeney, of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, was jailed at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday.

She was also added to the sex offenders register and made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order.

She was additionally handed a restraining order forbidding her from any future contact with her victim.

‘Abuse had significant impact on victim’

Det Con Keeley Bringhurst, a child abuse specialist at Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was an appalling breach of trust by a woman who had been trusted to spend time with a vulnerable child.

“Instead of teaching him mathematics, she cynically took advantage of him for her own sexual gratification.

“I know this abuse has had a significant impact on the victim and his family and I hope they will be comforted by this very strong sentence.”

It comes after maths teacher Rebecca Joynes was jailed for having sex with two schoolboys.

Joynes, 30, gave birth to a baby by one of the boys earlier this year, who the judge described as “entirely innocent” before warning the mother that “you must be under no illusion what’s going to happen” when sentenced.

Joynes earned the nickname “Bunda Becky” – a reference to her bottom – from students, and blamed being lonely during the Covid lockdown for taking the 15-year-old boys back to her Salford Quays apartment.

After a two-week trial, she was unanimously found guilty of four counts of sexual activity with a child and two counts of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust.

A Costa Coffee barista who served cow’s milk hot chocolate to a girl with severe dairy allergies has admitted that she struggled to understand customers from behind a plastic screen.

Hours after taking a sip from a drink her mother had ordered for her in Barking, east London, 13-year-old Hannah Jacobs died, an inquest heard on Tuesday.

Abimbola Duyile has claimed that she asked for two soya milk hot chocolates, telling Costa employee Urmi Akter that her daughter had allergies.

However, giving evidence with a Bengali translator at East London coroner’s court, Ms Akter told the hearing Ms Duyile had only asked for one small and one medium hot chocolate. She said she had not heard Ms Duyile say she wanted two soya milk hot chocolates.

Ms Akter admitted Ms Duyile had told her of her daughter’s dairy allergies – but said she only asked for the jug used to froth the milk to be thoroughly washed.

Dr Shirley Radcliffe, the assistant coroner, asked Ms Akter: “Have you ever had any difficulty understanding what someone has said from behind the [clear plastic] screen [of the Costa till]?”

“Not too much,” Ms Akter replied. “Sometimes.”

‘Allergy book’

Ms Akter, who had been working at the Barking branch of Costa Coffee for eight months at the time of the incident last February, said Hannah appeared “angry” at her mother as they ordered their drinks. 

Dr Radcliffe read to the court from Ms Akter’s account of the incident, given to police, in which she claimed she had replied to Ms Duyile after she placed her order.

Dr Radcliffe told Ms Akter: “You said: ‘You are asking me to wash the jug but a hot chocolate is made with milk.’ [Ms Duyile] said: ‘That is fine. Give me extra hot and my daughter’s normal.’

“You said: ‘She never asked for non-dairy [milk], she just asked me to wash the jug.’” 

Emily Slocombe, the lawyer for Ms Duyile, observed that Ms Duyile had claimed Ms Akter made no reply to her after she placed her order.

Julia Kendrick, representing Ms Akter, continually advised her client that, under Rule 22, she did not have to answer questions that could expose her to criminal liability. Ms Akter responded “no answer” to many questions. 

Despite Costa’s allergy training instructing staff to show an “allergy book” to customers who reported allergies, Ms Akter did not do so, the hearing was told.

Dr Radcliffe asked: “Why did you not show the allergy book [to Ms Duyile]?” Warned by Ms Kendrick, who said “Rule 22” before her client could reply, Ms Akter said: “No answer.”

Ms Slocombe asked Ms Akter if she remembered being given allergy training, whether it was given in Bengali and whether there was refresher training. She received no answer to these questions.

Ms Slocombe said: “If you had got out the allergy book and shown and discussed this with Hannah’s mother, this would have been an opportunity for any miscommunications to be cleared up, wouldn’t it?

She added: “You didn’t repeat the order back to Abi [Ms Duyile], did you? Knowing [about] a severe dairy allergy, why didn’t you confirm that cows milk was being used?

Ms Akter again gave no answer to the questions.

Began vomiting

Hannah began vomiting at a dental practice in Barking, where her mother took her for an emergency extraction, after taking just one sip from her drink. She immediately told her mother the drink was “not soya milk”.

Iqra Fahad, Hannah’s dentist, told the inquest a dental nurse offered Ms Duyile an EpiPen with 300mg of adrenaline, which doctors say could have saved her life.

Giving evidence via video link from Pakistan, Ms Fahad said Ms Duyile had refused the EpiPen, adding: “When the child left the room, I think one of the nurses asked mum if she needed an EpiPen, which mum refused.

“Mum did mention she was going to the pharmacy to get [the antihistamine] cetirizine. I didn’t think it was the point where we needed an EpiPen.”

Ms Duyile shook her head in the coroner’s court whilst listening to some of Ms Fahad’s answers.

The inquest continues.

The son of Norway’s crown princess has been accused of stabbing a wall with a knife in an apartment where he allegedly attacked a young woman and threatened to set her clothes on fire.

On Tuesday, Norwegian magazine Se og Hør published photographs showing damage to the apartment, which belonged to the victim, in the aftermath of the alleged attack.

Reproduced on the magazine’s front page, the images show a knife sticking out of a wall, and a chandelier lying on the floor surrounded by broken glass.

It comes after Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit, was arrested for “psychologically and physically” attacking the woman, who has not been identified.

The case has plunged the Norwegian royal family into turmoil and forced Crown Princess Mette-Marit to abandon a planned visit to the Paris Olympics.

Crown Princess Mette-Marit was a single mother to Mr Høiby when she met her husband Prince Haakon.

Mr Høiby, 27, has been charged with causing damage and bodily harm since the incident, for which he faces up to one year in prison.

According to Se og Hør, the victim had been in a “relationship” with Mr Høiby at the time of the attack, which took place on Aug 4 in Oslo.

Reports said that the woman, said to be in her 20s, made Mr Høiby leave the apartment after the attack and called the police. They took her to a hospital where she was diagnosed with a concussion.

A source told Se og Hør that police suspect Mr Høiby had plunged the knife into the wall during the alleged attack and were seeking forensic evidence to confirm this.

Two other sources told the magazine that police had audio recordings of Mr Høiby “threatening to set fire to and burn the girl’s clothes and belongings”.

Police are also attempting to put together a “minute by minute” reconstruction of the attack, the magazine said.

Police said that the alleged victim was in a “relationship” with Mr Høiby. Last month, the crown princess’s son said he was in a relationship with Rebecca Helberg Arntsen. 

It is not known if the pair are still together. Mr Høiby appears to be “tagged” in one of Ms Arntsen’s photographs on Instagram. 

The Telegraph approached the Royal House of Norway for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

Mr Høiby has never held a royal title. Growing up, he made public appearances with his mother, stepfather and siblings.

He stepped back from public life in 2017 aged 20 in pursuit of privacy.

Haakon Magnus, the Crown Prince of Norway, has previously said of the case: “It’s a serious matter when police are involved like this…at the same time, it would not be right for me to comment on it at this time.”

Oyvind Bratlien, Mr Høiby’s lawyer, told Se og Hør: “It is important that the process is allowed to take its course in the right way, and that the media respects my client’s need for privacy and tranquillity. The police must be allowed to do their job without the media deciding the facts and culpability.”

A  man who fell three floors to his death from a hotel window was engaged to an X Factor star, it has emerged.

Oliver Marmon, 33, died after falling out of a window at the 17th-century Hind Hotel in Wellingborough, Northants, at around 11.30pm on Sunday.

The hairdresser, who was known as Olly, was the fiancé of Union J star Jaymi Hensley, 34, who came to fame on the hit ITV show The X Factor.

The pair had been in a relationship since 2009 and became engaged in 2014, with an Instagram post revealing they were due to be married in September.

Despite the efforts of police officers and paramedics, Mr Marmon was pronounced dead at the scene at 12.30am.

Detectives said last night that a 34-year-old man who had been arrested on suspicion of murder has now been released without charge. 

The preliminary results of the forensic post mortem revealed the cause of death to be injuries sustained from a fall from height, the force added. 

Detective Chief Inspector Johnny Campbell, who led the investigation, said: “In Olly’s case I can confirm the evidence we have examined did not support his death as a homicide, which has now been further confirmed by the results of the preliminary forensic post-mortem report.”

Family liaison officers from the East Midlands special operations unit are supporting Mr Marmon’s family.

His family issued photographs alongside a tribute to their son and brother, who they described as a “spiritual, gentle soul” who was “beautiful both inside and out”.

Julie, his mother, said: “Words cannot express the devastation and heartbreak I feel over the loss of my beautiful youngest son Oliver; Olly to his friends.

“Oliver was so caring, loving, quiet and always put others before himself. He was a very talented hairdresser, and it was a passion he took seriously.

“More recently he had been working with his stepdad Steve gardening and loved it so much. He was spiritual and loved the outdoors.

“He touched many lives and everyone he met fell in love with him. Steve referred to Oliver as his son.”

Leigh, his father, said: “Whatever you put your mind to, you achieved. When you were younger you were a talented sportsperson, musician and of course, hairdresser – your dream job. You won medals and awards in gymnastics and hairdressing.

“Your life was too short, but you squeezed so much into it. You were so kind-hearted, a gentle soul who was just so beautiful inside and out.”

Mr Marmon’s older brother Ben said: “Oliver, you are my little ray of sunshine. You are my best friend. You radiate joy and excitement to all around you.

“I didn’t tell you enough, but I was immensely proud of you. Always my best friend and my little Bruva bear.”

A 34-year-old man, from nearby Rushden, was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody.

Det Chief Insp Johnny Campbell, leading the investigation, said: “Although an arrest has been made, we would still like to appeal for anyone who may have witnessed this incident, in particular anyone who was driving past the hotel and may have captured the incident on dash-com footage.

“We would also like to hear from anyone who was walking in Sheep Street or any businesses in the local vicinity with CCTV footage, and who have yet to come forward, to please do so as a matter of urgency.

“This is a complex and fast-moving investigation, and our team will be working around the clock to establish the full circumstances behind this man’s death.”

A post-mortem examination will take place at Leicester Royal Infirmary in due course.

The three-star hotel, which dates back to the 1600s, was visited by the Princess Royal in February, when she met volunteers from an anti-knife crime charity.

Ravaun Jones, from Off the Streets North Northamptonshire, showed her a knife amnesty bin and gave a demonstration of a bleed control kit.

Princess Anne also unveiled a plaque to commemorate her visit to the hotel – which is used by the community group for their meetings.