A schoolboy who claims he had sex with his teacher in the cubicle of an aeroplane says his account is not a fantasy and denies he lied about it because he was infatuated.
During cross examination the teenager said he did have sex with science teacher Eleanor Wilson, 29, on the flight home from a school trip.
The boy – who cannot be named for legal reasons – also told Bristol Crown Court that the teacher continued to see him after the overseas camping trip in 2015 had ended.
The court heard that Wilson, then aged 26, gave the boy her mobile telephone number which he saved on his phone as Smurfette.
It is alleged that Wilson and the boy began kissing and cuddling in seats at the rear of the plane before she beckoned him to the toilets where she performed a sex act on him before having full intercourse.
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Anna Midgley, defending, suggested to the boy that the flight would have been busy with other teachers checking on pupils, fellow passengers and cabin crew walking around and what he claims happened did not take place.
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When you came out of the toilet you were close enough together, making the risk that other staff and pupils and cabin staff could have seen you together, she said.
Its just not true. Nothing had happened.
The lawyer also said that the allegations of kissing, cuddling and holding hands which allegedly occurred in the boys bedroom and on secret visits to Tintern Abbey and the Ashton Court estate were all made up.
The allegations came to light after another boy threatened to expose the teacher if she didnt have sex with him.
She never approached you physically or sexually – that might be what you wanted – but it never happened, Ms Midgely told the boy.
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You were thinking about her a lot, and you were infatuated with her, and you had told your friends that things had happened that in fact had not happened.
You had boasted to your friends and that led to rumours starting and someone started to blackmail her about that.
Your parents started to question you and the school started to question you.
At that point you couldnt say none of this wasnt true or that it didnt happen and you said you had sex on an aeroplane because thats what you told people.
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The teenager, who gave evidence from behind a screen, replied: That is incorrect.
Wilson, of The Rope Walk, Dursley, Gloucestershire, denies four charges of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust.
The jury was earlier told the boy had written down his feelings in a note on his mobile phone after Wilson allegedly told him she was pregnant with his child but was having an abortion.
Asked why he wrote the note, the boy replied: At that point it was easier to write down my feelings, rather than share them with anyone else.
I was feeling emotionally lost, confused.
Police, who recovered the note, did not find any other conversations between the boy and Wilson on his phone, the court heard.
The boy told the court he had deleted any messages between himself and Wilson because it was a risky situation to keep such material on my telephone.
Ms Midgley said: What I am suggesting, so far as your account of there being rolling around on the grass and climbing on top of each other, thats fantasy.
What you wrote about is what you wanted to happen.
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She also suggested the boy found the defendant attractive and became more attracted to her in the run-up to the trip.
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But the boy told the lawyer: There was a bond that developed while we were on the trip.
The court heard that one of the aims of the trip was for students to reflect on their own lives and broaden their horizons.
Ms Midgley said that on one occaision during the trip, the boy had asked to speak to Wilson alone.
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To Miss Wilson it would be obvious you were upset and she told you that these feelings, brought about by this trip and the reflections about what you wanted to achieve on the trip, allowed you to reflect and make your mum proud.
Do you remember getting more upset? She put her arm around you while you were having those conversations. Nothing more than that.
You initiated the conversation about your girlfriend. Miss Wilson was saying the important thing was that you were happy and she jokingly said to you “wipe your tears away because girls dont fancy crying boys”. Do you remember her saying that?
The boy replied: Possibly.
He agreed Wilson told him to get away from bad influences and get on with school work.
But when the lawyer told him she didnt tell you to end your relationship with your girlfriend, the boy replied: I do not agree.
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Asked whether he was attracted to the teacher by this stage, the boy replied: Slightly. I wouldnt try anything with her. I didnt expect that anything would happen.
Ms Midgley added: I am going to suggest that you misinterpreted “break up with your girlfriend, be with me” because you fancied her.
He replied: No.
The trial continues.
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