It was an affair between a 36-year-old carer and a vulnerable teenage boy which ruined her career and sparked a police inquiry.
Louise McHugh was paid to look after 16-year-old Ryan Esdale but instead embarked on a sexual liaison with the troubled youngster.
She even lied to her bosses so they could meet up for secret hotel trysts.
Now the couple have revealed they are planning to start a family together as a defiant McHugh refused to apologise for the scandal, which cost her her £24,000-a-year job and her friends, saying: ‘We love each other so much. I don’t have one regret.’