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Hannah Stubbs: man denies raping student who later killed herself | Hannah Stubbs: man denies raping student who later killed herself |
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A man has denied raping the student Hannah Stubbs, who killed herself while police investigated the alleged crime. | |
Stubbs, 22, took her own life six months after reporting the alleged attack at Keele University. | Stubbs, 22, took her own life six months after reporting the alleged attack at Keele University. |
Elgan Varney, a 32-year-old student at the same university, appeared at Stoke crown court on Friday. Dressed in a white shirt and black tie he denied two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. | Elgan Varney, a 32-year-old student at the same university, appeared at Stoke crown court on Friday. Dressed in a white shirt and black tie he denied two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. |
One allegation of rape relates to the period between 1 October 2014 and 31 December 2014 and the other between 1 and 28 February 2015. | |
Varney, of Clayton, Staffordshire, also pleaded not guilty to sexual assault on 27 February 2015. | Varney, of Clayton, Staffordshire, also pleaded not guilty to sexual assault on 27 February 2015. |
Varney was charged last month and appeared at Newcastle-under-Lyme magistrates court on 7 April. He is on unconditional bail and is suspended from university until the outcome of the case. | Varney was charged last month and appeared at Newcastle-under-Lyme magistrates court on 7 April. He is on unconditional bail and is suspended from university until the outcome of the case. |
A trial is listed for 24 October and expected to last one week. | |
An inquest into Stubbs’s death at Staffordshire coroners court on 29 March recorded a narrative verdict, saying the suicide followed post-traumatic stress disorder. Stubbs, a former pupil at St Dominic’s priory, a top Catholic school, died on 29 August 2015. | An inquest into Stubbs’s death at Staffordshire coroners court on 29 March recorded a narrative verdict, saying the suicide followed post-traumatic stress disorder. Stubbs, a former pupil at St Dominic’s priory, a top Catholic school, died on 29 August 2015. |
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