A Nigerian man accused of raping a woman during a one-night stand has said he “believed 100 per cent” what he did was consensual.
Imomotimi
Wilson is on trial accused of raping a 40-year-old woman after they met
on the dancefloor of The Regal in Cambridge.
They had consensual
sex twice but the woman says Wilson then forced himself on her without a
condom the third time.
The 30-year-old student described them
lying in his bed after having consensual sex twice with a condom.
He
said: “She said I feel like having sex again and I said yes, I feel
like having sex with you as well again but there is no condom.
“She
was romancing me, touching and kissing, and I said no, I do not want to
do that because there is no condom.
“She started kissing me
again and then I penetrated her. I believed 100 per cent it was
consensual.
“Then she said stop and that’s when I stopped. There
were three seconds of penetration.”
The woman had accused Wilson
of holding her hands above her head during the attack and she had to
push him off.
He added: “She did not push me off. I took myself
off when she said stop it.”
The court also heard that although
Wilson had said he would “watch her sleep”, he meant it to take care of
her and the meaning had been skewed because English was his second
language.
Wilson added: “I meant I will secure you until morning
and you get home safely.”
Earlier the court heard evidence from
the woman who described her “fun evening” turning into a “nightmare”.
She
said: “His demeanour changed and he started to become different.
“I
made it crystal clear I was not prepared to do it with him without a
condom.
“What I thought was going to be a fun evening turned into a
nightmare when he kept taking the condom off and I thought I was not
safe anymore.”
She said that Wilson’s moods were “swinging” and
“unpredictable” while they were at his address.
The woman’s mother
also gave evidence. The court heard that the victim had contacted her
on the morning of June 9 to tell her what had happened.
She said:
“She sounded extremely distressed and upset and crying. She had met
someone at Wetherspoons and gone back to his house and had asked to use
protection. This was not used. He had forced intercourse with her.”
However
Joanne Eley, defending, alleged that the woman did not leave Wilson’s
house straight away and slept until morning because sex the third time
“was not forced”.
She said the victim did not contact the police
immediately because “you were not sure what happened the previous night”
and things were “hazy”.
The trial continues.
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