A PAINTER and decorator wore pink ladies underwear and baby oil when he sexually abused a young boy three decades ago, a jury at Bradford Crown Court heard.

Derrick Hooley, 69, dressed up in silk knickers, a bra and a basque and told the child: "Don't tell your mum," when he committed indecent acts on him, it is alleged.

Hooley, of Main Street, Farnhill, near Keighley, denies 17 sexual offences said to have taken place against the boy and a girl in Skipton in the mid to late 1980s.

He is accused of 12 offences of indecent assault and indecency with a child, relating to the boy, and five charges involving the girl, including indecent assault, indecency with a child, and an allegation of taking an indecent photo of her.

Prosecutor Christine Egerton told the jury yesterday that Hooley was a naturist who wore women's underwear.

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She said the male complainant, in his late 30s, went to the police with allegations of sexual abuse in 2013.

He accused Hooley of doing sign painting work in the nude, groping his groin area and forcing him to perform sex acts on him.

The girl, now also in her 30s, says he grabbed her breasts and put body paint on her when she was topless.

She alleges he made her pose indecently when she was naked and photographed her.

Miss Egerton said Hooley told the police it was all untrue.

He did wear women's underwear but not at that time.

The man claims Hooley once pinned him down and tried to rape him, the jury was told.

He said he saw him sign writing naked when he was aged about 11 and had a paper round.

"Sometimes he was naked and then other times, as it got worse, he would be in silk women's knickers and then other times, he might have knickers and a bra, and then a basque-type thing," he said.

Hooley would tell him: "Don't tell your mum" after abusing him.

He recalled him wearing pink underwear and baby oil while forcing him to commit a sex act.

Cross-examined by Robin Frieze, for the defence, the man denied inventing the allegations.

Asked why he did not come forward until 2013, he said he was motivated by the Jimmy Savile enquiry.

"A male being abused isn't something you want to shout from the rooftops," he said.

"I hid from it. I was embarrassed. I'm not now."

The trial continues.