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Eritrea - Prostitute 'held down and raped', jury heard
AN ERITREAN national dragged a prostitute to the ground before punching her, putting his hand over her mouth to stifle her screams and raping her, a court heard.
Haileb Haile, aged 27, of Denbigh Street, Hanley [U.K], denies raping the woman in Cobridge in the early hours of March 2 last year.
Prosecutor Peter Cooper told Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court the prostitute had performed sexual services for two customers before she was approached by the defendant at about 5.45am.
He said: "There is no issue he was the person who approached her. The issue is whether the sex took place with her consent or whether he reasonably believed she was consenting.
"He shouted to her 'Yo girl, business'. She was not interested in doing business with him.
"She went in a car with another customer. After she returned the defendant again asked her for business.
"He brandished £20. She did accompany him, first to an alley, then along North Road to a point where there is a gap in the fence, in the direction of Cobridge Park.
"She intended to find an opportunity to get away from him.
"Having passed through the gap in the fence, he produced £10.
"She told him she would not do anything for £10 and began to take an opportunity to walk away, but he pushed her to the ground and sat astride her.
"She struggled with him and shouted for help. He subdued her by punching her. He then raped her.
"The woman continued struggling and screaming. He tried to shut her up by putting his hand over her mouth to stifle her screams."
After a few minutes the defendant left.
The woman went to a friend's house and called the police.
She was dishevelled with mud smeared on her cheek.
She was examined by a police surgeon, swabs were taken and her clothes were sent away for forensic examination.
The court heard Haile's DNA was found on the swabs and the clothing.
He was arrested on May 31 and said he had never had sex with a prostitute and had never offered to pay for sex. He said the DNA could not be his.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the court she told the defendant to leave her alone as she did not "do" Asians.
She said: "He showed me £20. I kept telling him no at first, then we came to an agreement.
"We went into bushes and he pulled out £10. I said no. I was going to walk away and he grabbed me back.
"He got me on the floor and jumped on my legs so I could not move."
She said the ordeal seemed to last forever.
Haile yesterday told the jury he did not rape the woman, saying she consented to sex.
He said he did not tell the truth in his police interview because him having sex with a prostitute would reflect badly on him among the Eritrean community in Stoke-on-Trent.
He said he is married and a follower of the Pentecostal faith, and having sex with a prostitute would not be considered acceptable.
His counsel Nick Tatlow asked: "Did you force this woman to have sex with you?"
"No," replied Haile.
The jury will retire to consider its verdict today.
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