Whakatane peodophile given 9 months home detention.
A Whakatane woman who engaged in sexual acts with a troubled 13-year-old boy placed in her care by Child, Youth and Family Services felt so guilty she handed herself in to police.
The 31-year-old unemployed woman, whose name is suppressed, sobbed quietly in the dock as the case against her was heard in Whakatane District Court on Wednesday.