Truro Crown Court
Army veteran lorry driver Jeremy Pellow accused of abusing boy in cab of his vehicle
A jury was told how Jeremy Pellow from Falmouth has convictions for abusing two other young boys
Updated 18:32, 28 AUG 2018
An ex-serviceman turned lorry driver repeatedly raped and sexually abused a boy including in the cab of his lorry, a jury has been told.
Jeremy Pellow, 64, of Hillside Road in Falmouth, went on trial at Truro Crown Court on Tuesday (August 28) accused of a raft of sexual abuse charges relating to one male victim.
In total he denies seven charges of indecent assault on a male, three counts of rape, three acts of indecency with a child, three charges of causing a child to engage in sexual activity and one count of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
All of the offences are said to have taken place while the defendant was living in the Falmouth and Penryn area in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the alleged victim was aged younger than 16.
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Prosecuting barrister Heather Hope said that the prolonged abuse involved masturbation, oral sex and anal rape.
Miss Hope claimed that Pellow would masturbate the alleged victim or force him to masturbate him and when the victim said he didn't want to, Pellow would "slap him and tell him he had to".
Miss Hope said: "The defendant threatened that if the victim ever told anyone people would get hurt.
"Jeremy Pellow was in the army and served two tours in Northern Ireland and also went to Hong Kong. The victim thought he meant what he said."
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The prosecution also stated its belief that the victim was able to recall an anchor tattoo on the defendant's penis and describe how he raped him whilst putting his hand over his mouth to stifle cries.
Recalling specific examples of the abuse, Miss Hope said: "The defendant worked as a long distance lorry driver and took the victim into his lorry. On one occasion the defendant pulled down his trousers and started waving his penis, the victim said he knew full well what was going to happen. Pellow forced him to perform oral sex which the victim said killed him inside."
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Miss Hope also alleged a similar scenario unfolded in the lorry cab on at least one other occasion.
The jury was also told that Pellow had previously been convicted of sexually abusing two other boys.
The alleged victim of these offences reportedly wanted to say something but never felt able to, until he reached a point some years later when he couldn't keep quiet any longer.
During his police interview Pellow denied sexual contact with the boy, and he continues to deny all of the charges he faces.
The trial continues.