A sleeping woman woke in the night to discover her 14-year-old son was raping her, a court heard.
She
initially thought she might be dreaming, but shouted and screamed on
realising the "enormity of the situation", it is alleged. Preston Crown
Court also heard that the youngster, who has ADHD and is on medication,
had been having behavioural problems and some years ago had been in the
habit of climbing into bed with his mother.
The boy - from the Blackpool area, now aged 15, and who cannot be named for legal reasons - denies a charge of rape last year.
The
court heard the woman had been out for a drink the night before the
alleged attack and that, although she did not consume a lot of alcohol,
it went to her head because she might have been drinking quickly.
Francis
McEntee, prosecuting, told the court: "The allegation in this case is
that the defendant raped his mother while she was asleep. The factual
basis of this case is that he was in his mother's bed.
"The issue is
not any assertion of consent, or belief of consent. It is the
prosecution's assertion there was penetration and the defendant's denial
of that allegation".
The prosecution said the woman had been asleep
before waking and realising the "enormity of the situation, that her son
was in the process of having sex with her".
The woman shouted and
screamed and, soon after, was frantic, the court was told. Another
family member asked her "Are you sure? Are you sure?" She responded by
saying "I didn't dream it. I didn't dream it".
The court also heard that as a child, the boy used to get into his mother's bed, but that had stopped some years ago.
Mr
McEntee added: "The defendant's account is that his bed was
uncomfortable, there was damage to the bottom sheet, so he had gone in
and lain in bed with his mother."
He also told the jury "you will
hear his acknowledgement that his mother was naked, bar the brief
underwear and you will hear his admission that she lay on her side and
he was lying with his arm around her.
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