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| Chess star's suicide after 'rape' | Chess star's suicide after 'rape' |
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| A chess champion tried to kill herself after telling friends she had been raped by her father, a court has heard. | A chess champion tried to kill herself after telling friends she had been raped by her father, a court has heard. |
| Jessie Gilbert, 19, from Croydon, south London, was treated in hospital in 2004 for an overdose. Two years later she died after falling from a hotel window. | |
| The suicide attempt sparked a police investigation leading to her father Ian Gilbert being charged with five counts of rape. He denies all the charges. | The suicide attempt sparked a police investigation leading to her father Ian Gilbert being charged with five counts of rape. He denies all the charges. |
| Jessie was taking part in the Czech Open tournament when she died in July. | |
| Dorian Lovell-Pank QC, prosecuting, told jurors at Guildford Crown Court how Jessie got "very drunk" with friends in May 2004 and told them her father had raped and sexually abused her. | Dorian Lovell-Pank QC, prosecuting, told jurors at Guildford Crown Court how Jessie got "very drunk" with friends in May 2004 and told them her father had raped and sexually abused her. |
| The next day she took an overdose. | The next day she took an overdose. |
| She was scared Dorian Lovell-Pank QC | She was scared Dorian Lovell-Pank QC |
| The prosecutor told the jury: "It rather looks as though it was a real suicide attempt because she had hidden the packet (of drugs) so no-one would find it, and would not tell the hospital staff what she had taken." | The prosecutor told the jury: "It rather looks as though it was a real suicide attempt because she had hidden the packet (of drugs) so no-one would find it, and would not tell the hospital staff what she had taken." |
| Mr Lovell-Pank said Gilbert allegedly raped Jessie about nine times when she was aged between eight and 13. | Mr Lovell-Pank said Gilbert allegedly raped Jessie about nine times when she was aged between eight and 13. |
| He said Gilbert was "possessive" and "a bully". | He said Gilbert was "possessive" and "a bully". |
| Mr Lovell-Pank told the court Jessie was first raped by her father in her bedroom in 1995. | Mr Lovell-Pank told the court Jessie was first raped by her father in her bedroom in 1995. |
| "She did not consent. She was scared. She pretended it wasn't happening," he said. | "She did not consent. She was scared. She pretended it wasn't happening," he said. |
| The court heard Mr Gilbert was arrested three times, the last occasion in May 2005 when he said in a police interview about Jessie: "Obviously someone who could play chess at that sort of level is able to create all sorts of scenarios in her mind." | The court heard Mr Gilbert was arrested three times, the last occasion in May 2005 when he said in a police interview about Jessie: "Obviously someone who could play chess at that sort of level is able to create all sorts of scenarios in her mind." |
| Mr Gilbert, 48, a director at the Royal Bank of Scotland, denies five counts of raping Jessie between 1995 and 2000. | Mr Gilbert, 48, a director at the Royal Bank of Scotland, denies five counts of raping Jessie between 1995 and 2000. |