Pcs 'raped nightclub victim'

Two policemen raped a young mother in her home after she had been the victim of a street assault, a court heard today.

The terrified woman was subjected to what one of the officers later called a "spit roast", the jury was told. The two "did with her as they pleased", ignoring her pleas for mercy and spinning her like a "rag doll", the court heard.

They then left the house laughing and told superior officers they had been out on a search.

Pc Mark Witcher and Pc Andrew Lang, both 30, have pleaded not guilty to two charges of rape, two of indecent assault and six charges of misconduct in public office.

Richard Onslow, prosecuting, told the jury at Winchester Crown Court the 23-year-old mother had left her children with a trusted babysitter for a Friday night out to celebrate a birthday with friends in September last year.

They met in a pub in the centre of Godalming and went to the Harlequin night club in the town until the early hours. During the evening the alleged victim had 10 double vodkas with Red Bulls and was drunk.

Leaving the club the friends went to a kebab shop where an argument broke out first among themselves and then with some passing men. During a scuffle the mother was hit on the head and police were called.

Witcher and Lang were on patrol in a police car and on arriving at the scene asked the friends if they could recognise the man who had landed the blow but the suspects had run away. "The victim said she could and got into the police car. She says they were insistent that nobody else got in," said Mr Onslow.

But instead of going off to search the streets she was taken to a pub car park where the two officers played with tennis rackets they found. They then said to her "they are a great pair," and "a girl like you with them boobs would be dangerous".

Mr Onslow added: "She didn't want those curious remarks, welcome them or expect them."

They asked the woman where she lived and drove her home.

Outside her house one officer asked her: "Are you going to give us a look at your tits then?" They took her keys to help the woman who was so drunk she was leaning heavily on them both, into the house.

One officer went into her dining room, looked at her family pictures and asked where her husband and children were. She replied that her husband didn't live with them.

Mr Onslow said she then went into the sitting room where she saw Witcher half naked on the sofa but as she went to leave the room her escape was blocked by Lang.

Witcher told her: "You dirty bitch, you know you are asking for it."

The prosecutor said: "Then they did with her as they pleased and what pleased them to do was what one of them later called a spit roast.

"Lang pulled her skirt up to her armpits and pushed her back onto Witcher who was sitting on the sofa." The two officers then subjected the victim to sex acts and full sex as she screamed "get off ".

Mr Onslow said: "But it had no effect. She was pulled about like a rag doll and spun around."

The sex acts were repeated by different partners who told her she was "a dirty f****** slag" and "you are enjoying it" and when she tried to push herself away they told her to "stop struggling".

The two officers were members of the Surrey force based at Guildford.

Later that night Witcher and Lang boasted to colleagues they had had sex with a woman while on duty. One of them mentioned the term "spit roast", the jury was told.

Angry fellow officers reported them and an investigation started.

Both Witcher and Lang told detectives they had had sex but it was consensual and the mother had initiated it. The case continues.

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