🔴 SUDANESE IMMIGRANT ‘TOLD STUDENT I LOVE YOU’ DURING RAPE

A student was allegedly dragged from a Bournemouth nightclub and raped by a man who told her “I love you” as she cried, a jury has been told

Jurors at Bournemouth Crown Court heard that the complainant, who was 18 at the time, had been pulled out of the Cameo nightclub by Samir Muhammad, then 17, before being taken to his flat where he is accused of raping her twice

Prosecutor Louise McCullough told the court that the student, who had consumed just one drink inside the club, described feeling “really drunk” and “out of it” soon after arriving. She said Muhammad appeared determined to isolate her, taking her hand and pulling her towards the exit before she had a chance to rejoin her friends

The court was told the defendant led her to his accommodation in Sandringham House, where he forced her to undress and pushed her onto the bed despite her repeated protests. Ms McCullough said: “She said ‘no, I don’t want to’ but he ignored this and simply told her to relax. He was going to get what he wanted regardless”

Jurors heard that Muhammad allegedly grabbed the complainant by the wrists, pinned her down, and subjected her to two rapes, ignoring her pleas for him to stop. He is said to have slapped her, causing her to bleed, while telling her “relax baby, I love you” and “I want you to meet my family”

The complainant’s police interview was played to the jury. She recalled that she and her friends had “pre-drank” before the night out, but insisted she was still aware of what was happening when Muhammad first approached her. “I remember this boy dancing behind me, and at first I thought he was harmless. I lost my friends for a while … then by the time he asked me to come back to his flat, I felt really drunk”

She told officers that inside the flat Muhammad forced her to strip, held her wrists down and raped her. “It was so awful and painful, I was flinching at the slaps and bleeding … I couldn’t believe this stranger was telling me he loved me while forcing himself on me. I was crying and telling him he was hurting me”

The jury heard that throughout the alleged assault Muhammad intermittently answered phone calls, speaking in a different language, while continuing to restrain the complainant. She said this left her terrified, uncertain who he was speaking to and fearing further violence if she resisted.

The student said Muhammad blocked her from answering calls from concerned friends and initially tried to prevent her from charging her phone. He allegedly told her to tell her friends she was with her boyfriend. She nevertheless managed to send her location through Snapchat, which allowed her friends to trace the flat. They later flagged down a passing police car after she was released in the early hours of 5 December 2021