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PORT STEPHENS WOMAN TO BE SENTENCED FOR GROOMING TEEN STUDENT

A Newcastle court has heard details of several sexually-explicit text messages, sent between a 51-year-old Port Stephens woman and a 15-year-old boy.

Jackie Hays is facing sentencing for grooming the student – but claims she was under the influence of a weight loss drug at the time.

Tyson Cottrill reports.

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Tyson Cottrill

Tyson Cottrill is a senior reporter and newsreader for Nine NBN News, based in Newcastle. As the Chief Court Reporter, Tyson has covered some of the biggest court cases from across the Hunter and northern New South Wales. Tyson started with the Nine Network in 2007 and has worked in newsrooms in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. A proud Novocastrian, Tyson has spent the majority of his journalism career reporting on the stories that matter in his hometown. Tyson has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University.

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