A male nurse raped a teenaged patient in a disabled toilet at the John Radcliffe Hospital, a jury heard today.

Oliver Balicao, 33, admits having sexual intercourse with the 16-year-old girl, but denies raping her at the hospital where he worked as a nurse earlier this year.

The jury at Oxford Crown Court was told the teenager, who cannot be named, was rushed to the accident and emergency ward at the JR in March after taking an overdose of paracetamol tablets.

When she was moved to an observation ward, Balicao took her into a disabled toilet and raped her, Sam Mainds, prosecuting, told the jury.

He said: "She was feeling tired and drowsy. She had been given medication because she felt sick."

Balicao twice went into her cubicle and began kissing and groping her underneath her hospital gown, Mr Mainds told the jury of seven men and five women.

He added: "She was too tired and couldn't believe what was going on. It was not the thing you would expect in a hospital."

The jury heard Balicao twice tried to take a urine sample and, on the second occasion, he led the teenager into a disabled toilet.

Mr Mainds said: "She fell on the ground and he went after her and shut the door then went on top of her.

"She at no stage gave him any encouragement at all. He therefore had sex against her will.

"When he stood up afterwards he said he was sorry, he took away her gown and bought her back a clean gown."

The girl, who is now 17, told her mother what happened later that evening. She then complained to police, the jury heard.

Balicao, of Lerwick Croft, Bicester, was interviewed and told officers he had sex with the teenager in the toilet, but added it was consensual.

Mr Mainds said: "He was in a position of trust, he knew he was in a position of trust and he had sex with her. The issue is did she consent?"

Balicao denies rape but admits sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust.

A police interview of the girl less than 24 hours after she was admitted to the A&E ward was played to the jury. She told officers what happened in the lead-up to the rape.

The jury heard she had been sick at least twice before being given medication to prevent her vomiting.

Balicao was suspended from his position at the hospital after his arrest in March.

The trial continues.