FORMER top soccer official Steven Dorr told a jury how his plan for a night of fun with three teenage soldiers turned into a nightmare.

He booked a room at Fownes Hotel, Worcester, for sexual activity but it ended with him fleeing down a fire escape before being captured by a gang in City Walls Road.

Dorr, aged 41, a former Premier League assistant referee, of Bridge Street, Worcester, denies breaching a sexual offences prevention order banning contact with children under 17.

It was imposed in 2009 when he was convicted of downloading indecent pictures of teenage boys and given a three-year community order.

The prosecution at Worcester Crown Court alleged he befriended teenage boys and he offered to pay a 15-year-old for sex.

He also denies he breached the order by being in the same party as a young girl on a trip to South Africa for the World Cup.

On the third day of his trial he explained how he caught up with one of the young soldiers at the Crown pub in St John's when he was attending a fancy dress party in army combat gear.

He said it was "more than a pure friendship relationship" and they arranged to meet again at the hotel on February 13.

He added: "The plan was to meet and catch up," he added. "If things happened willingly of a sexual nature it was fun."

On the way in a taxi to the hotel, the soldier brought two colleagues and they all said they were 18.

In the room, they all removed their trousers but one of them said: "I'm not doing this for nothing. I want some money for it."

He stood up, grabbed £50 off the side and ran off with a friend.

The remaining soldier was apologetic and the other two eventually came back before all three left. Dorr denied he made or received a text offering a 15-year-old for sex.

He was asleep when the soldiers came back. He was fearful for his safety so he dressed, and left down the fire escape.

When he left the building, he was pursued and tried in vain to flag down a car in City Walls Road. But a gang of five young men eventually caught up with him and threw him to the floor. He was punched and kicked.

At one stage, five of them formed a circle round him. "I was very scared. I thought I was going to be beaten up. There were lots of threats."

When the police arrived, he was asked if he had been in trouble before. He confessed he was subject to a sexual offences prevention order.

The trial will continue on Monday.