A man incited a teenage boy to have sex with his much younger partner and watched as the two had intercourse, it was alleged yesterday.
On an earlier occasion, John Ford, 46, looked on as his 24-year-old partner Nicola Mason stripped off in front of the boy and performed a sex act, a court has been told.
Prosecutor Myles Wilson said the boy was embarrassed and initially refused to become involved, but gave in to pressure.
It was also alleged that he was given drugs to loosen his inhibitions.
Ford and Mason, now of Rhydwyn, Holyhead, both deny sex charges against the boy, then 15, said to have taken place in May and June of last year at their former home in Rhyl.
Mr Wilson told the jury: "The prosecution case is that the first defendant John Ford gave the 15-year-old male boy drugs and pressured him to have sex with his partner, the second defendant Mason."
"Both these defendants, in effect, took advantage of a 15-year-old lad who was a virgin at the time.
"He lost his virginity by being pressured into it, with John Ford looking on."
The first time was when the couple returned home after a night out. The boy was on the sofa and took the view that they were under the influence, or drugged up.
Ford was alleged to have said of his partner words to the effect of "she is off her head" and "you can do anything you like with her."
The boy was embarrassed but Ford was serious, and he continued by saying that she would perform a sex act on him, it was alleged.
Mr Wilson said that the boy felt nervous and out of his depth but Ford told Mason to strip off, and she did in the front room.
He claimed that Ford was persistent, almost taunting the boy, by saying "you must be gay then" when he kept saying no.
Eventually he said ok and Mason pulled down his shorts and under pants with Ford watching on, it was alleged.
The prosecutor went on to claim that Ford had offered him some cannabis, and the experience left the boy not quite knowing what to think.
Two or three weeks later, the boy was at their home again.
Mr Wilson said: "It is important for you to realise that the prosecution case is not that he was forced completely into something that he was desperate to avoid. It is not as black and white as that.
"The prosecution case is that he was under age and he was taken advantage of by grown adults who quite frankly should have known better. He was just 15."
On the second occasion, it is alleged that when the boy arrived Ford took him upstairs to the main bedroom where Mason appeared naked.
She got onto the bed and it was alleged that Ford told the boy "that's your b****" and "you can do anything you want."
Initially the boy said he did not want to go through with it, particularly in front of Ford.
But Mr Wilson claimed that Ford would not take no for an answer, and the boy allegedly ended up having sex in front of Ford with Mason on the bed.
On this occasion, it is claimed that Ford had given him the illegal party drug MCAT, "to gain his trust or loosen his inhibitions".
The matter only came to light when the boy told his older brother, and a woman who was looking after him at the time heard about it and went with a friend to confront Mason.
The prosecution said that she broke down and admitted that it had occurred, but claimed that Ford had forced her into it.
Ford is also said to have admitted to a friend that it took place, after being asked about rumours.
But arrested and interviewed, the couple both denied that any such thing had happened or that anything sexual had occurred with the boy.
In evidence the boy denied that he was a street wise lad, but agreed that he had given evidence in the crown court previously as a defendant in a case of perverting the course of justice.
Ford denies two charges of inciting the child to engage with sexual activity with Mason and Mason denies two charges of sexual activity with a child.
The trial, before Judge Rhys Rowlands, continues.
SOURCE:MIRROW.CO.UK
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