Seven billion idiots: 2010

A church pastor accused of sexually assaulting a schoolgirl told a jury today: "It was a banana in my pocket."

David Morris, 60, said the 12-year-old could have mistaken the fruit for his penis as he sat next to her during an English lesson.

The pastor, at Carmarthen Evangelical Church in west Wales, said he was in the habit of putting a banana in his pocket and it was possible the youngster had accidentally felt it.

Prosecutor Geraint Walters QC told the court: "He said one thing he would do from time to time was to carry a banana in his trouser pocket.

"He said it's possible that is what the girl mistook for his erect penis."