Rotherham woman admits sexually abusing boy when she was a child
A sentencing day has been set
A Rotherham woman has pleaded guilty to a number of sex offences, relating to the sexual abuse of a boy carried out when she, too, was a child.
Linda Newby, aged 24, admitted the four offences at Sheffield Crown Court on Tuesday, July 21.
Newby, of Constable Close, Flanderwell, Rotherham, pleaded guilty to three counts of causing or inciting a boy under 13 to engage in sexual activity, and to one count of assaulting a boy under 13 by touching.
She had previously denied the offences, but changed her pleas after the jury in her trial had been sworn.
The boy Newby abused was under the age of 10, whilst she was under the age of 18, at the time of the offences.
Her victim is entitled to lifelong anonymity.
Judge Michael Slater adjourned the case until November 2026, when Newby will be sentenced.
He released Newby on conditional bail until then.