Girl 'groped by pianist as he French kissed her mother', court told

A concert pianist simultaneously tried to seduce a love-struck fan and her 15-year-old daughter, a court heard.

Robin Zebaida, 49, secretly groped the teenager while kissing her mother on his sofa, the jury was told.

Isleworth crown court heard that the widow, from Essex, and her daughter met Zebaida on a cruise and were invited back to his St John’s Wood flat after a concert in November last year.

“We sat on the sofa and he put some music on and we had some alcoholic drinks,” the mother told the jury. “He had an arm around each of us and he kissed me, which turned into a French kiss.”

The girl later told a counsellor of her experience. Zebaida has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual assault by touching.

The trial continues.