An alleged pimp left a teenager in "agony" and wanting "to die" after subjecting her to a horrific sex assault, a court heard.

Junior Bryan, 63, is standing trial at Teesside Crown Court accused of 32 counts, including multiple rapes, false imprisonment, living off prostitution and supplying class A drugs.

It is claimed Bryan abused a number of women and girls over two decades, hooking many on drugs and making them dependent on him. 

Prosecutor Richard Bennett, opening the case, described some of the harrowing attacks it's claimed the defendant carried out.

It is alleged Bryan would send one teenager out to work as a prostitute.

Barrister Richard Bennett is prosecuting the trial at Teesside Crown Court

Mr Bennett said: "One night her period had begun and she couldn’t go out to work.

"There were no tampons in the house. The defendant lost his temper with her.

"He was furious that she wasn’t going out to work."

The court heard how he allegedly ripped up a shirt, told her to use it as a makeshift tampon, and "get out to work".

"Through fear she did this," he said.

On another occasion the teenager was said to have been slapped about in a bedroom and subjected to a horrific sex attack, the details of which are too graphic to publish.

"She pleaded with him to stop but he continued," Mr Bennett said.

The attack is estimated to have lasted around one hour before the police were contacted.

It's alleged "the defendant had tied (her) to himself so she couldn't leave the bedroom".

The distressed teenager "mouthed the word 'help'" to a police officer and the defendant was arrested, although the complainant later withdrew her complaint.

On another occasion it's claimed Bryan touched a different teenage girl's private parts and the "sensation was horrible".

Mr Bennett said he forced the girl to watch as another "young girl" performed a sex act on him.

A picture of Junior Bryan provided by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)

The alleged offences concern eight female complainants, including children, and span a period between 1993 and 2013. 

It is alleged the crimes were committed in Middlesbrough,Darlington, Leeds and London.

The trial heard another complainant, who was in her late teens at the time, met Bryan at a house party where he was "covered in gold".

She claims she went on to work as a prostitute, with any money made given to the defendant.

In return, she would be given "a little bit" of heroin by the accused.

She told the police that she had been raped by the defendant "on a number of occasions".

Mr Bennett said one time he pinned her arms down and raped her, he was said to "smell of sweat and was dirty".

He added: "(She) found his personal hygiene unpleasant and had no desire to sleep with him.

"(She) was crying."

Many of the women were too frightened or traumatised to report his activity at the time, the prosecution said.

Bryan, of Marton Road, Middlesbrough, denies the offences.