AdelaideNow reports a jury was today told Rebecca Robyn Daniel repeatedly denied having an affair with the boy, but told her co-worker she considered him "her best friend".
The 35-year-old, of Port Wakefield, is standing trial in the District Court. She has pleaded not guilty to one count of aggravated indecent assault and three counts of unlawful sexual intercourse.
Opening the trial, prosecutor Michael Barnett said the offences occurred between June 2007 and February 2008.
At that time, the boy – who cannot be identified – was 12 and 13 years old, while Ms Daniel was 34.
Mr Barnett told the jury Ms Daniel would often give the boy a lift in her car.
"One night, when she was driving him home, she took a detour and drove to the wharf at Port Wakefield," he said.
"She stopped the car, turned off the lights, looked at the boy and said 'untie your pants'."
Mr Barnett said that was the first of two sexual encounters the couple had in the car.
A third occurred in a "large dump area" near her home where "the ground was dirt".
He said that, after they both undressed, Ms Daniel told the boy to "stick it in".
Mr Barnett said local gossip linked Ms Daniel and the boy as a couple, while the boy's father discovered she had been sending text messages to his son. He said Ms Daniel's co-worker quizzed her about the rumours.
"She denied that was so, but she did say during the conversation that (the boy) was her best friend and they were very close," he said.
The trial, before Judge Wayne Chivell, is continuing.
what is the world coming to? honestly...
