A MAN has been found guilty of having sex with a 12-year-old girl who got drunk on cider at a friend's party.
John Martin, 20, enticed the youngster, who cannot be named, into an upstairs bedroom before taking advantage of her, last August.
Newcastle Crown Court heard how young people were on one of the beds in the room where her ordeal took place.
Prosecutor John Mitken said: "Two youngsters went upstairs and they were carrying on in the bedroom, on one of the beds.
"As they are carrying on, the defendant comes up and the girl comes up as well. Shortly after, she ends up in bed with him under the covers."
The girl told a friend what had happened and Martin was arrested after she made a complaint to the police, some weeks later.
Martin, of Park Road, Consett, denied any sexual contact with the girl.
Yesterday, a jury cleared him of rape and found him guilty of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl of 12, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
He will be sentenced after the preparation of reports
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