Woman dismisses rape claim 'lie'

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A woman has dismissed suggestions in court she lied about rape allegations to hide the truth from her boyfriend.

Gregory Jones, 39, head of human resources at South Wales Police, denies raping the woman on the settee at her friend's home after a night out.

The woman told Mr Jones' trial at Swansea Crown Court she had gone back to the house, expecting a party.

She said she was "embarrassed and ashamed and didn't want to speak" about the alleged rape when she went home.

Mr Jones, from Sketty, Swansea, told officers who arrested him that the woman had consented to "vigorous sex".

He denies three charges of rape and one of assault causing actual bodily harm.

The jury has been told that the woman, in her early 20s, and her friend were "out on the town" in Swansea on 2 September last year when they met Mr Jones late in the evening.

You came home with marks on you to your partner and you had some explaining to do Daniel Williams, defending

Mr Jones, the woman, her friend and her friend's boyfriend shared a taxi back to the friend's home.

Daniel Williams, defending Mr Jones, suggested that the woman knew from the outset that they were going to the address to have sex.

"This was not you in a situation where you were out of your depth at all was it? You had not been misled as to what was going to happen there?" he said.

She said she believed that they were to be joined by others at the property for a "party".

But on arrival her friend and her boyfriend went upstairs to have sex and she was left alone having coffee downstairs with Mr Jones.

She told the court she felt "too stupid" to ask about the party when she realised "that it was just us four".

She planned to leave after coffee but the court was told Mr Jones put his hands over her body before she could leave.

The woman said that as they struggled, he suggested they go into the living room and, in confusion, she agreed, telling him "no funny business".

'Trapped'

She claims she was then raped for the first time.

Mr Jones claims they had "vigorous" consensual sex.

The court heard that once at home the woman's boyfriend quickly realised that something was wrong and he called her sisters.

"I did not want to tell my own sisters. I felt embarrassed and ashamed and didn't want to speak," she told the court.

Mr Williams said: "You came home with marks on you to your partner and you had some explaining to do."

He said that her partner had, in her own words, "gone on and on" at her until she said that Jones had "forced himself" on her.

"You were then trapped in a lie," he said.

"No," said the woman.

"The truth is that all of this was consensual and you had to provide a reason why you went home in that condition," added Mr Williams.

"No," she said.

The trial continues.