Mum, 36, 'had threesome sex with boy, 15, and his young pal'

A MUM aged 36 had threesome sex with a 15-year-old boy and his young friend, a court heard.

Caroline Lea is also alleged to have slept with another boy aged 15 who thought he was her boyfriend.

She is also said to have sexually touched a third boy of the same age.

Jurors were told the offences took place after Lea invited boys to booze and smoke cannabis at her home in Blackpool, Lancs.

One of the alleged victims told police his friend suggested "a three-way" with the defendant and then it "just happened".

As the two lads sat on her settee for five minutes, Lea told them: "Come on boys, I thought you knew what you were doing," the court heard.

Lea allegedly performed sex acts on the two youngsters and had full intercourse with both.

Prosecutor Francis McEntee said a second 15-year-old complainant believed he was in a relationship with Lea, who is the mother of three sons.

She started to kiss him when the pair were watching television at her house when, it was claimed.

Initially he pushed her away but then relented and went on to have sex with her on nearly every occasion he visited her address, the jury heard.

Mr McEntee said: "Sometimes he was tired and did not want to, and on one night she gave him some speed (amphetamine) to keep him awake."

The third complainant, also aged 15, was said to have visited the defendant's home on a regular basis to smoke cannabis.

He said the defendant "tried it on" with him on her settee while he was "really off his head".

Wearing just knickers and a T-shirt the defendant rubbed against him and "made it clear she fancied him", it is alleged.

Mr McEntee told the jury: "The complainants and other youths would go to the address and, the prosecution would say, would be permitted to smoke drugs and drink alcohol.

"The prosecution case is that the defendant's address became something of a dosshouse for young lads."

He said that police had issued a child abduction notice to the defendant regarding one of the complainants and as a result he was not permitted to stay at her house.

When arrested and interviewed over the sexual allegations, Lea dismissed the threesome claim as "nonsense" and said the second complainant was "infatuated" with her and suggested he was "a little bit not right".

Lea denies seven counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child and two drugs charges between December 2013 and March 2014.

The trial continues at Preston Crown Court.