A PARTY hostess who woke up on the floor at home accused a guest of raping her, a court was told yesterday.

The 24-year-old was wearing only a hooded dressing gown when she stretched out on cushions in the living room in the early hours.

Her boyfriend had gone to bed when she awoke at 3am, screaming at Michael Butts who was crouched nearby.

She said: "What are you doing, have you had sex with me ?"

Mr Butts, 20, replied "Sorry", and she screamed "You raped me", said Peter Johnson, prosecuting.

Her screams woke her boyfriend who found the pair in the street. Mr Butts had his trousers around his thighs, Teesside Crown Court was told.

The boyfriend rugby-tackled Mr Butts and there was a fight before he took Mr Butts back inside the house and assaulted him again.

Police arrested both men and Mr Butts was taken to hospital for treatment to his injuries.

Interviewed later, he told police that he had sex with the woman after she performed a striptease for him.

Mr Butts, of West View Road, Hartlepool, denies rape on November 18, last year.

The case continues.