REGINA -- The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for a woman accused of having sex with the underage friend of her teenage children.

The order was made after the Crown appealed a Court of Queen's Bench ruling that acquitted Barbara George, who was 35 at the time, of sexual assault and sexual interference.

The Queen's Bench judge ruled that although the boy was 14 at the time, the sex was consensual and George did not know his age.

However, two of three appeal court judges concluded the trial judge erred in his analysis of the situation, while the third judge accepted George's assertion she did not know the boy's age.

The appeal court document said the original charges had been laid after George applied to become a member of the RCMP and was required to answer a question on the application form as to whether she'd ever had sex with anyone under 16.

She then asked her son how old the boy had been, and the son replied that he thought the boy was about 15, so she answered "yes" on the application form.

"He was extremely mature," she said in explaining her actions. "We had a connection. I was very lonely. It happened once. It was so wrong, and I so regret doing so."

George was separated from her husband at the time and had met the boy on several occasions when he became friends with her 17-year-old son.

On the night in question, a group of teens had a party at her home and George asked them to stay over so they would not be out drinking and driving.

George said the boy ended up in her bedroom talking with her, and it evolved into a sexual encounter.

The trial judge had described the boy as having a "cocky, callous" attitude, noting his testimony about being sexually experienced prior to his encounter with his friend's mother.