“Then Kevin squeezed past me and pinched my bum with a wink. “I felt him watching me – it gave me a buzz,” she says. She soon realised that Kevin was paying her lots of attention. “I didn’t want to cramp their style but they invited me to join them,” says Beverly. Her daughter Julie, 20, no longer lived at home.
They played football every week and often went out together.īut his friendship with Kevin came to a bitter end on Saturday 4 April 2008.īeverly was watching TV when her son came home from the pub with mates – eight boys and two girls – at 10pm.īeverly’s other children, Nicola, 16, and James, 15, were staying with friends. I remember thinking how well brought up he was, but it didn’t even cross my mind that I fancied him – I was old enough to be his mum!”Īnthony had been friendly with builder Kevin for two years. “It was on one of those occasions that I first met his friend Kevin. He’d even take me to the pub to cheer me up. Anthony was supportive when I ended up on my own again four years ago. “During my 10-year relationship with the father of my other three children, we were still close. She says: “I’d split with his dad when he was just a year old, so I’d pretty much been his mum and dad. I’ve had to leave my job as an admin assistant because of the stress,” adds Beverly, who lives in Eccles, Kent.īefore her “Mrs Robinson” moment, she had been very close to her son Anthony, a 23-year-old air conditioning engineer. “My son won’t talk to me, my other three kids are ashamed, my neighbours have branded me a slag. I’ll always regret not going to bed alone that night.
“But a few moments of passion have destroyed my life. “I prided myself on being a good mum,” says Beverly, 42. Two weeks ago, he was found guilty of unlawful wounding at Maidstone Crown Court and received a 12-month suspended sentence. He kicked his way into Beverly’s bedroom and flew at Kevin Clark with two kitchen knives.Īnthony hasn’t spoken to his mother since then. Instead, emboldened by wine and flattered by his attentions, she gave in.īut their night of passion came to a violent end when her son Anthony woke to hear the couple together. When Beverly Smith was propositioned by her son Anthony’s 20-year-old friend, she knew she should resist. “But a few moments of passion have destroyed my life."