A woman from Wrexham who had sex with a schoolboy during a camping trip was caught out when they had to be rescued by the emergency services.

A court heard how river levels suddenly rose, a court heard.

A rescue operation got under way and it was then that it emerged that she had an underage schoolboy in her tent, barrister Anna Pope, prosecuting, said.

His family believed that he had a girlfriend aged 16 or 17.

Her family did not know Rhiannon Elisabeth Scott, 24, was with an under-aged boy.

The couple met over the internet during role play games.

Scott, 24, was jailed for two years at Mold Crown Court and ordered to register with the police as a sex offender for 10 years.

Judge Rhys Rowlands also made a 10-year sexual harm prevention order to curb her future activities, including use of the Internet.

Scott, of Fourth Avenue, Gwersyllt, admitted two charges of meeting a boy aged 14 and 15 intending a sexual offence following grooming.

She admitted four charges of sexual activity with a child, the boy when he was 15, which included intercourse.

Scott admitted causing a child to look at an image of a person engaged in a sexual act and possessing an indecent photo of a child aged 15 after the court heard how they had exchanged sexual photographs of themselves.

Miss Pope said boy had not co-operated with the police and the case against her came from her own admissions.

The boy had been a regular user of Facebook since the age of 12 and he began to become involved with role play games involved in various themes and scenarios Scott adopted the role of a barmaid and others including the boy adopted different roles and Miss Pope said that as time went on the group became sexualised.

They spoke at length and communicated by Facebook Messenger away from the role playing group.

She asked him to be her boyfriend although they had never met in person.

They sent sexual photographs of themselves to each other.

Miss Pope said they also said what they wanted to do to each other sexually.

They started meeting, he visited her and it was in early June last year that they went camping together.

They pitched close to a river and when the water level suddenly rose they had to be rescued and it was then that the two families realised what was going on.

Her sister also found photographs of the boy on her Facebook account.

Arrested and interviewed, Scott initially said she thought he was in his twenties.

She claimed to have found out his real age in May of last year and they agreed not to meet until he was 16, but Miss Pope said that was not accepted by the prosecution.

They had indulged in sex acts and had sex during the camping trip.

Her barrister, Andrew Green, said Scott herself was a vulnerable young woman with a complex mental health history.

A psychiatric report had been prepared and he also handed in references which showed the other side of her character.

Her children were currently being cared for by the defendant’s mother, said Mr Green.