A MOTHER of three was allegedly raped on her kitchen floor as her children watched a video in the next room, a jury was told.

The woman ended up injured after she was groped, dragged into the dining room and pushed on to the table, causing one of the legs to give way.

She had then been pushed back into her kitchen and on to the floor before her clothing was torn off and she was attacked by Paul Guy, Burnley Crown Court heard.

Afterwards, Guy, who had a girlfriend, apologised, put back the table leg back on and left.

Guy, 26, of Thurston Street, Burnley, denies rape, in February.

Kath Johnson, prosecuting, said the defendant accepted he and the woman had sex but maintained she consented.

The mother of three was in her pyjama bottoms and a dressing gown and she and Guy started talking.

The conversation got around to the fact that in past, the defendant and the woman were said to have had a "kiss and a fumble."

Guy said it should have gone further but the mother of three told him it shouldn't.

The woman went into her kitchen, Guy followed and began to touch and kiss her. She told him to get off.

Miss Johnson said the defendant began to apologise and was told to go.

The woman went into the kitchen but Guy came up behind her and started to touch her body again.

The woman was then dragged into the dining room and pushed onto the table.

Guy pushed her back into the kitchen and on to the floor where there was a struggle over her pyjama bottoms. Guy took them off, ripping them in the process.

Miss Johnson said Guy was arrested and interviewed three days later. He denied raping the woman and said they had consensual sex.

He told officers there had been no struggle over the pyjama bottoms. He claimed he had pulled them down and she had stepped out of them.

During questioning, Guy was asked if he and the woman had had "rough" sex, but said they had not.

He explained he couldn't bend down as he had a plaster cast on his leg as his ankle was broken at the time.

Guy maintained there had been no damage caused in the dining room.

(Proceeding)