A teenager told police a woman showed him how to kiss and have sex before telling him to keep it a secret, a jury has heard. Kirsty Slater denies three counts of sexual activity with the boy, who was under 16 at the time of the alleged offences.
Police interview played to jurors
The 38-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, is on trial at Preston Crown Court. On Thursday (October 1), video of a police interview with the alleged victim was played to jurors, LancsLive reports.
The boy said in the video he found himself alone with Mrs Slater one night. He said he drank beer, which made him feel 'fuzzy' as he was not used to drinking, the court heard. The boy, jurors heard, said Mrs Slater suggested they go outside to look at the sky.
Boy describes kissing and sex
He said that when they went back inside, he asked her to explain how to kiss. In the video, he was heard to say: "When I said that, she just says 'just come on then' and goes close to me and kisses me. Then she stops and sits back down. I was like 'what's just happened?'."
The teenager said they began listening to music and he asked for another drink, jurors heard, before saying 'everything got a bit weirder'.
"The atmosphere just felt off," he added, speaking to police. "I was like 'that was weird, what just happened?'." He claimed Mrs Slater kissed him again and said he could touch her breasts, jurors heard.
They then had sex, the court heard him tell officers. "I felt very confused," he told police. "It was kind of like... surreal. Like 'did that actually happen or am I just imagining it?'. It was very weird."
Afterwards I felt, like, disgusting, if you know what I mean? I felt more like, inhumane. It's very weird but that's how I felt. So, yeah."
Secret and denial
The court heard the boy tell police Mrs Slater said to keep what happened secret. That, he said, made him feel 'a little bit guilty'. Jurors were told he later told a counsellor about what he claimed happened.
Defending, Kristian Cavanagh told the boy: "Kirsty Slater will say she hasn't kissed you; you haven't touched her breasts; and she hasn't had sex with you. She didn't get undressed in front of you and she didn't tell you this was your little secret."
"That's false," the teenager replied.
Slater, of Millbrook Close, Oswaldtwistle, denies three counts of sexual activity with a person aged 13 to 15.
