A woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by an elderly Suffolk man when she was a teenager has denied being wrong about the allegations.

Giving evidence from behind a screen at Ipswich Crown Court the woman, who is now in her twenties, said she had been 14 and 15 when Leonard Swallow, now aged 88, sexually abused her at his bungalow in Knettishall.

When defence counsel, Joanne Ely suggested that “at no point did he abuse you” the alleged victim replied: “He did”.

The alleged victim who claims Swallow sexually abused her during games of hide and seek denied that she and a friend had initiated the games and that Swallow had been reluctant to take part.

Swallow, who is accused of sexually abusing four girls allegedly gave them treats and provided an “idyllic respite from the chaos of their lives” at his Suffolk bungalow.

Swallow allegedly groomed the girls by giving them junk food, sweets, money, alcohol and cigarettes and provided an environment which was described as “every child’s dream” including a trampoline, swimming pool and farm animals.

Swallow had also taken the girls, some of whom were described as “troubled” to Pleasurewood Hills theme park, said Kate Davey, prosecuting.

She alleged that Swallow had sexually assaulted one of the girls during games of hide and seek and had got another alleged victim to touch him sexually in his car on a shopping trip.

Miss Davey said that Swallow had allegedly told one of the girls that he wouldn’t allow her to go home if she didn’t do as she was told.

She described his bungalow at as an “idyllic refuge” from the chaos of the girls lives and every child’s dream”.

Swallow of Peddars Close, Ixworth, has denied two offences of rape, 18 offences of sexual assault, three offences of sexual activity with a child, three offences of causing a child to engage in sexual activity and two offences of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

The offences which relate to four alleged victim are said to have been committed between 2010 and 2021.

The trial, which is expected to last two weeks, continues.