Tennis coach 'lured girl, 15, for sex'

A tennis coach lured his 15-yearold pupil into three-in-a-bed sex with him and his friend, the Old Bailey heard today.

She agreed to his demands because he was her teacher and flattered her. Finally the girl confided in her grandmother and police were called. Lewis, of Edgware, denies one charge of unlawful sex and two counts of aiding and abetting her to have intercourse with another man.

Neena Crinnion, prosecuting, told the court that in the last tennis session before Christmas 2002 Lewis asked her out for a drink. He picked her up from school and took her to a private room at the club, where he had sex with her.

On one occasion at a hotel Lewis and his friend both had sex with her. Another time he took a friend to her house when her parents were out.

The jury has been told Lewis has pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse but claims their relationship did not start until after Christmas 2002.

The case continues.