A DRUNKEN teenager was lured behind a set of bins and sexually assaulted by a man who claims his alleged victim asked for sex in return for money, a court heard.

Reading Crown Court was told Deukumar Limbu, of Salisbury Road, was out celebrating a friend’s birthday when he allegedly raped and sexually assault a teenage boy.

Judge Paul Dugdale was told the alleged victim, who was 16 at the time of the incident, was also in the town centre drinking with friends before he met Mr Limbu at around 6am and started walking towards The Hexagon.

Mr Limbu, 42, is alleged to have enticed the young man into Queens Walk and performed a number of sex acts in the early hours of October 2 of last year.

Thames Valley Police officers were called to Footasylum in Broad Street, where they found a distressed man, who claimed he had been raped.

Isabel Delamere, prosecuting, explained: “Normally he (Mr Limbu) is straight.

“He has a wife and child, but sometimes when he is intoxicated, he might have a feeling towards men.

"Mr Limbu told police he was known to many people in the town due to his employment.

“He was arrested at his place of work, at the Sam’s Wraps van on Broad Street, on October 4.”

A jury of seven men and five women were shown CCTV footage yesterday (Wednesday).

Two figures, identified as Mr Limbu and the alleged victim, were shown walking along the side entrance to John Lewis and into the graveyard of Reading Minster Church, where it is alleged the teenager was then sexually assaulted.

The footage then showed the pair walking along Hosier Street and into Dusseldorf Way, before turning into Queens Walk.

Speaking on Tuesday, the second day of the trial, by video link, the boy said he told Mr Limbu to stop, but alleged he continued to assault him behind a set of bins next to the former Argos building.

Colin McCarraher, defending suggested to the alleged victim that he had invited sexual activity and did not attempt to run away.

He said: “You suggested to him that you were interested in having a sexual interaction. You could have just run off at that point.

"The reason you did not run off was because you were up for sex.”

The teen responded: “I was struck by fear. I would have thought my tears would have been enough. What choice did I have?”

The alleged victim admitted being intoxicated while the events took place, while when questioned by police, Mr Limbu suggested the boy had invited sex in return for money.

Mr Limbu denies one count of sexual assault and one count of raping a male over the age of 16.

The trial continues.