A 32-year-old man told a jury a teenager he had sex with looked like a grown woman.
Raj Mohammed Shabir, of Neville Street, Keighley, denies two offences of sexual activity with a child. He admitted at Bradford Crown Court today that he had sex with the girl once.
Shabir said she dressed like an adult and was drinking and smoking. He thought she was at least 17.
He told the jury he lied to police about knowing the girl because he was married with a child and did not want to lose the respect of his community.
Shabir is on trial with four other men accused of sexual offences against the girl when she was 14 and 15.
They are Mohammed Shabir (senior) 36, of Hawk Street, Keighley; Mohammed Zackriya, 21, of Springfield Road, Keighley; Abid Ali, 27, of Cark Road, Keighley, and Mohammed Taj, 37, of Aireview Terrace, Skipton.
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