Babysitter denies abusing young boy
Published Date:
31 January 2007
A teenager has denied molesting a toddler while babysitting for a local business family.
Preston Crown Court was told that that a young boy aged four and five years old claimed he was sexually assaulted by the babysitter over a period of time.
The defendant, now 17, who was aged 15 at the time of the alleged offences, is said by the Crown to have woken the boy up before carrying out the assaults.
He denies all eight allegations of sexual assaults against the toddler.
All the offences are said to occurred at the young boy's home in Lostock Hall, near Preston.
The defendant, who cannot be named, told the jury he was "upset and angry" when arrested and accused of the offences.
He insisted to the court he did nothing of a sexual nature with the boy.
The jury had earlier been shown a DVD of the boy, now aged six, who spoke about what the defendant had done to him.
Trial judge Andrew Woolman is expected to sum up the case later on Thursday when the jury will be asked to consider verdicts.
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31 January 2007 4:24 PM
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