An alleged victim of rape has been accused of ‘regretting drunk sex’, by the barrister defending her supposed attacker. The jury at Cardiff Crown Court heard that the student woke up to find Akeem Hassain having sex with her.
The 20-year-old defendant’s barrister said the alleged rape victim ‘regretted drunk sex’ and that the allegation had ‘snowballed’. But the victim, who can’t be named for legal reasons, claims she told Hassain to stop because he was hurting her and she was bleeding.
Hassain, of Merthyr Tydfil, who studies police sciences, denies rape and claims sexual intercourse between him and the alleged victim in September 2014 was consensual.
Defence barrister John Ryan asked the jury not to judge the moral standards of Hassain and the alleged victim as public attitudes towards alcohol and sex had changed. But one thing, according to the defence, that hasn’t altered with time was a ‘girl’s desire not to be branded as easy’.
The defence went on to suggest the alleged victim didn’t want to be perceived as promiscuous in front of her peers by somehow equating the apparent serious sexual assault to The Young Ones, a comedy show starring Rik Mayall and Ade Edmonson.
