Three teenage girls broke down in tears as they told a Court they were indecently assaulted by the same man.

The girls, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had been with friends in a Shipley park when the incidents allegedly happened.

The first to be attacked was just 14-years-old at the time, Bradford Crown Court heard.

She claimed she was dragged into bushes as her mates looked on and subjected to a degrading assault.

The three claim a 22-year-old Asian man, part of a group hanging around in the park, then attacked another 14-year-old after massaging her shoulders and telling her "I am going to turn you on". He is then said to have indecently assaulted a 15-year-old.

Mohammed Baig, of Ellercroft Avenue, Lidget Green, denies three counts of indecent assault.

Richard Newbury, prosecuting, said one of the girl's parents called the police after they returned home later that evening.

But Suzanne Smales, defending, suggested the allegations were a "silly drunken prank" dreamt up by the girls to gain the attention of boys in the park and to get them to walk them home. The three denied the allegation.

At one point the eldest of the girls, who gave their evidence to the court via a video link-up from a neighbouring room, burst into tears and announced "I'm going" and tried to leave.

After a brief break she was persuaded by Judge Stephen Gullick to resume her testimony.

She told the court: "It was just disgusting. We were terrified of him."

She admitted the girls had been drinking white wine on June 25 last year but said they were not drunk.

But, when she was unable to explain why none of the girls left the park immediately after the alleged assaults or why nobody intervened when they saw their friend being dragged into the bushes, Ms Smales said: "The reason you are getting confused and can't remember things is because you have made this up."

She asked her why she had allowed one of the other girls to sit next to him on a bench massaging her soldiers after what had happened to her friend.

The girl replied: "Massaging shoulders isn't exactly criminal."

The trial continues.