A FORMER top-flight soccer official asked three young soldiers to drop their trousers after he invited them into his Worcester hotel room on Valentine’s Day, a court has been told.

Steven Dorr, who had been an assistant referee in the Premier League, also took off his trousers and stood in his boxer shorts, Worcester Crown Court heard.

The three had been “playing along” with Dorr after he had bought them drinks in the Crown pub in St John’s, Worcester, said prosecutor Jason Pegg.

Dorr, aged 41, of Bridge Street, Worcester, denied breaching a sexual offences prevention order banning him from contact with children under 17.

The order was imposed by city magistrates in January 2009 when he admitted 10 counts of downloading child pornography and was given a three-year community order.

Mr Pegg alleged the order had been breached on four occasions by contact with under-17 youngsters. On one occasion it was alleged he had tried to arrange sexual contact with a 15-year-old boy.

Dorr met two of the teenage soldiers in the Crown pub in December 2009. They had been playing pool and he bought them drinks. They also exchanged telephone numbers.

Text messages were exchanged in the next few days. The teenagers and a friend took a taxi into Worcester city centre on Valentine’s Day last year when Dorr went looking for a hotel room. He booked in at Fownes hotel in City Walls Road.

After the semi-naked confrontation in his room, one of the youngsters grabbed a pile of money and ran off. They all eventually left.

Mr Pegg said one of the teenagers had also texted Dorr claiming a 15-year-old was available for sex. But this was a figment of the boy’s imagination.

It was also alleged Dorr had gone on holiday to South Africa for the World Cup when a two-year-old girl was in the party – and there had been no permission from the relevant authorities.

The first teenage witness, who gave evidence by video-link, said Dorr had offered them free tickets for soccer matches.

He was 16 at the time and Dorr had bought them drinks. He said Dorr had a weird accent but seemed “a legit man”.

A second young soldier said he was with his parents at the Crown when Dorr bought drinks for him and his friend because they were underage.

Dorr told him he was a Premier League referee and had officiated in Manchester United matches.

In a text message, the witness said he asked Dorr if he was gay and told the judge he had no problem with gay people.

He and his friends started sending “nasty” texts to Dorr and went to his flat because they were bored.

They had been at a party at the Portobello Inn when Dorr asked them to meet and booked in at the Fownes. Dorr said there were to be rules with no kissing or sex. Two of the teenagers removed their trousers before one of them grabbed a pile of notes and ran off.

Cross-examined by Paul Smith, defending, one soldier, who said he had not removed his trousers in the hotel, denied having sexual relations with Dorr in the weeks leading to Valentine’s Day.

He denied he stayed behind when his friends fled so he could have all the money promised.

The trial continues.