A sleeping woman woke in the night to discover her 14-year-old son was raping her, a court heard.

She initially thought she might be dreaming, but shouted and screamed on realising the "enormity of the situation", it is alleged.

Preston Crown Court also heard that the youngster, who has ADHD and is on medication, had been having behavioural problems and some years ago had been in the habit of climbing into bed with his mother.

The boy - from the Blackpool area, now aged 15, and who cannot be named for legal reasons - denies a charge of rape last year.

The court heard the woman had been out for a drink the night before the alleged attack and that, although she did not consume a lot of alcohol, it went to her head because she might have been drinking quickly.

Francis McEntee, prosecuting, told the court: "The allegation in this case is that the defendant raped his mother while she was asleep. The factual basis of this case is that he was in his mother's bed.

"The issue is not any assertion of consent, or belief of consent. It is the prosecution's assertion there was penetration and the defendant's denial of that allegation".

The prosecution said the woman had been asleep before waking and realising the "enormity of the situation, that her son was in the process of having sex with her".

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The woman shouted and screamed and, soon after, was frantic, the court was told. Another family member asked her "Are you sure? Are you sure?" She responded by saying "I didn't dream it. I didn't dream it".

The court also heard that as a child, the boy used to get into his mother's bed, but that had stopped some years ago.

Mr McEntee added: "The defendant's account is that his bed was uncomfortable, there was damage to the bottom sheet, so he had gone in and lain in bed with his mother."

He also told the jury "you will hear his acknowledgement that his mother was naked, bar the brief underwear and you will hear his admission that she lay on her side and he was lying with his arm around her.

"The prosecution would invite you to say he was hoping to seek to try and provide an innocent explanation for his presence in the bed. Whether driven by drink or some other issue, perhaps because he had had drink, he climbed into bed with his mother".

In her video police interview played in court, the woman described herself as "trembling from the inside".

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Aye akamara!!! Sise sise lo mu ewure ba iya re sun... Definitely, sise sise lo mu omo yii...

I think his sanity should be screened..

rape kwa.

Mother and pickin to blame. ..