Video / NZHeraldWarning: Distressing contentA Christchurch woman says she woke up in the back seat of a car parked on Signal Hill as a man was raping her. The defendant, a 20-year-old from Dunedin, pleaded not guilty to one charge of sexual violation by rape and said while the woman had been “wobbly” the intercourse was consensual. The woman says she does not remember the details of meeting the man or the drive to the Signal Hill lookout. The man accused of rape says the intercourse was consensual and counsel Meg Scally admitted the Crown’s case was “quite confronting”. I was asleep, passed out.”The defence case is that the pair had been chatting at the lookout before engaging in consensual intercourse.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 24, 2024 20:55 UTC