A trainee teacher has said she is "ecstatic" after being cleared of having sex with one of her pupils.
Hannah McIntyre, 25, was accused of seducing the 16-year-old boy after plying him with cider.
But a jury took just 75 minutes to dismiss the youth's claims and find her not guilty.
Miss McIntyre smiled broadly as the verdict was given following a four-day trial at Liverpool Crown Court.
Judge Robert Warnock immediately told her she was free to leave the dock and she ran into the arms of her boyfriend and parents Irene and Harry, who had all supported her throughout the trial.
Miss McIntyre described herself as ecstatic and added that she needed a large drink and "to sleep for a week".
Asked if she was angry about the false allegations, she added: "Anger is not first among my thoughts right now.
"But he has, with no accountability, made an accusation and I would like to see him have to realise the effect he has had on me."
Miss McIntyre had worked at the £8,000-a-year Merchant Taylors' Boys' School in Crosby, Merseyside, one of the best performing independent schools in the country.
She said her teaching career, a path inspired by her English teacher mother, was now in tatters but declined to say what her future plans were.
