A female teacher who had sex with three pupils said they made her feel good about herself.

Brianne Altice, who was jailed for up to 30 years, said ‘self-esteem issues’ led to her inappropriate sexual relationships with the teenage pupils.

The mum-of-two, 37, told a parole hearing: ‘They said this and that and made me feel good about myself.

‘So I justified everything. There’s no justification for it.’

She sobbed: ‘I clearly lost sight of all my values and my principles and was seeking inappropriate means to address my own issues.

‘Issues I’m very aware of now.’

Altice was described by one of the teens she abused as a ‘teacher with benefits’ as they continued sessions after she had already been arrested for under-age sex.

Her encounters with the teens behind her husband’s back included one in a church car park.

And pupils at their school reportedly had a running joke of ‘Who is Ms. Altice sleeping with now?’

She was arrested after one of the boys described tattoos on her body.