Pc tells jury he kicked in door to find dazed and missing boy in flat

Police Constable Richard Haymer said a duvet was pulled over the 11-year-old who was asleep on a bed in a bedroom at Lee Adams’s home. When the boy was woken up “he was quite dazed.”

He said the youngster matched the description of the boy they were looking for and when they asked him his name he was quite confused, although he did confirm his identity. The boy was subsequently taken to hospital for medical checks.

“He appeared quite shocked, quite dazed and tired,” Pc Haymer told the court. “It appeared he was under the influence of some kind of substance.”

Adams, 45, of Moor Crescent Chase, Beeston, Leeds, denies kidnapping the boy, false imprisonment, administering a substance with the aim of stupefying or overpowering him, and sexual assault.

The prosecution claims Adams took the boy to his home and after drugging him, sexually molested him.

Pc Haymer said he and Pc Andrew Copeland went to Adams’s flat at around 9.30pm on the evening of October 14 after the boy was reported missing. A friend saw him with Adams.

The first floor flat was in darkness and they knocked on the door for five to six minutes without any answer.

He told the jury they were concerned for the welfare of the missing child and decided to enter. They asked a colleague to bring equipment to force a way in but before that happened they heard a voice inside saying, “I can’t open the door, it’s jammed.”

At that Pc Copeland kicked the door open and they went in. Adams was inside and when asked if anyone else was on the premises he said: “There’s somebody in the bedroom but I don’t know who he is.”

Pc Haymer said they went into the bedroom and found the boy. While his colleague stayed with him he went to arrest Adams on suspicion of kidnap, which he did after a struggle, with Pc Copeland having to help restrain him while the handcuffs were put on.

The trial continues.