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A teenage boy has told a court how a drunken game of dares led to sex with his teacher at a top public school. | A teenage boy has told a court how a drunken game of dares led to sex with his teacher at a top public school. |
The boy was aged 16 at the time of the alleged incident with Hannah McIntyre, a trainee classics teacher at Merchant Taylor's Boys' School, Merseyside. | The boy was aged 16 at the time of the alleged incident with Hannah McIntyre, a trainee classics teacher at Merchant Taylor's Boys' School, Merseyside. |
He told Liverpool Crown Court he had lost his virginity with the 25-year-old and had been "really down" about it. | He told Liverpool Crown Court he had lost his virginity with the 25-year-old and had been "really down" about it. |
Miss McIntyre, of Waterloo, denies one count of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust. | |
Giving evidence at her trial on Tuesday, the boy - now an 18-year-old undergraduate - told the jury he had gone to her home with two friends "for a laugh". | Giving evidence at her trial on Tuesday, the boy - now an 18-year-old undergraduate - told the jury he had gone to her home with two friends "for a laugh". |
He said after talking for a while she bought them two-litre bottles of cider which got them drunk. | He said after talking for a while she bought them two-litre bottles of cider which got them drunk. |
Then she kissed me... it was quite passionate Alleged victim | Then she kissed me... it was quite passionate Alleged victim |
"My friend dared her to kiss me but she was saying she shouldn't have to do that because it was a 'big deal'," he told the jury. | "My friend dared her to kiss me but she was saying she shouldn't have to do that because it was a 'big deal'," he told the jury. |
Miss McIntyre relented on condition that the other two boys pecked each other on the lips, he said. | |
"Then she kissed me. It was quite passionate," he added. | "Then she kissed me. It was quite passionate," he added. |
Afterwards, the court heard, the boys spent the night in the living room of her home. | Afterwards, the court heard, the boys spent the night in the living room of her home. |
The witness, who cannot be named, said he could not remember following her into her bedroom because he was so drunk. | The witness, who cannot be named, said he could not remember following her into her bedroom because he was so drunk. |
Drunken evening | Drunken evening |
But he told the jury that once they were in bed, Miss McIntyre took off her pyjama bottoms and they had sex. | |
When he next saw the teacher - at school after the weekend - neither spoke to each other or acknowledged the incident. | |
Merchant Taylors' is one of the leading private schools in north west England | |
Later, Miss McIntyre and the three boys conspired to keep the drunken evening secret, he said. | |
But almost a year later the boy was questioned by his mother and he said he told her what had happened | But almost a year later the boy was questioned by his mother and he said he told her what had happened |
Under cross examination by Mary McKeone, defending, it emerged the boy first made the allegations after he was suspended for the third time in six months. | |
The defence claims he invented the story to deflect attention from his poor behaviour. | |
Expulsion risk | |
Miss McKeone asked the boy if he remembered going to Miss McIntyre's bedroom, or getting into bed with her - he said he did not. | |
She added: "Do you remember saying anything to her? Did she speak to you? Was there any conversation?" | |
Again the boy replied that he could not remember. | |
Miss McKeone said: "The reason you cannot remember any of these details is because it did not happen, did it?" | |
The boy said: "It did." | |
The court heard the boy had been suspended from the £8,000-a-year school for disobedient behaviour and violence against fellow pupils. | |
He agreed this had left him at risk of expulsion and jeopardised his university plans. | |
"I was allowed back in school before I made the allegations," the boy said. | |
Miss McKeone said: "But it certainly took the focus off you." | |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |