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| Chess star told police of 'rape' | Chess star told police of 'rape' |
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| A chess champion told police how her father would put his hand over her mouth and rape her, a court has heard. | A chess champion told police how her father would put his hand over her mouth and rape her, a court has heard. |
| Two years after the recorded interview Jessie Gilbert, 19, from Croydon, south London, fell to her death from a hotel window in the Czech Republic. | Two years after the recorded interview Jessie Gilbert, 19, from Croydon, south London, fell to her death from a hotel window in the Czech Republic. |
| Guildford Crown Court was played the interview and also heard that a failed suicide bid by Jessie in 2004 led to a police inquiry and her father's arrest. | Guildford Crown Court was played the interview and also heard that a failed suicide bid by Jessie in 2004 led to a police inquiry and her father's arrest. |
| Ian Gilbert denies five counts of rape between 1995 and 2000. | Ian Gilbert denies five counts of rape between 1995 and 2000. |
| Chess tournament | Chess tournament |
| During the police interview Jessie described how her father would "get too close" and "would be a bit touchy". | During the police interview Jessie described how her father would "get too close" and "would be a bit touchy". |
| Jessie said that the first rape had taken place when she was eight, at her home in Woldingham, Surrey. | Jessie said that the first rape had taken place when she was eight, at her home in Woldingham, Surrey. |
| Ian Gilbert denies five counts of rape | |
| She recalled being raped on a holiday in Cornwall. | She recalled being raped on a holiday in Cornwall. |
| "I was asleep and he sat on my bed and I woke up. He did not say anything. | "I was asleep and he sat on my bed and I woke up. He did not say anything. |
| "He put his hand over my mouth then he took off my pyjamas and raped me." | "He put his hand over my mouth then he took off my pyjamas and raped me." |
| Jessie said her father raped her over the next five years until she was about 13. | Jessie said her father raped her over the next five years until she was about 13. |
| She did not consent. She was scared. She pretended it wasn't happening Dorian Lovell-Pank QC | |
| Earlier jurors heard how Jessie was taking part in the Czech Open tournament when she died in July. | Earlier jurors heard how Jessie was taking part in the Czech Open tournament when she died in July. |
| Dorian Lovell-Pank QC, prosecuting, told jurors how Jessie got "very drunk" with friends in May 2004 and told them her father had raped and sexually abused her. | Dorian Lovell-Pank QC, prosecuting, told jurors how Jessie got "very drunk" with friends in May 2004 and told them her father had raped and sexually abused her. |
| The next day, she took an overdose, but survived. | The next day, she took an overdose, but survived. |
| Possessive bully | Possessive bully |
| The prosecutor told the jury: "It rather looks as though it was a real suicide attempt because she had hidden the packet (of drugs) so no-one would find it, and would not tell the hospital staff what she had taken." | The prosecutor told the jury: "It rather looks as though it was a real suicide attempt because she had hidden the packet (of drugs) so no-one would find it, and would not tell the hospital staff what she had taken." |
| He said Gilbert was "possessive" and "a bully". | He said Gilbert was "possessive" and "a bully". |
| Mr Lovell-Pank said: "She did not consent. She was scared. She pretended it wasn't happening," he said. | Mr Lovell-Pank said: "She did not consent. She was scared. She pretended it wasn't happening," he said. |
| The court heard Mr Gilbert was arrested three times, the last occasion in May 2005 when he said in a police interview about Jessie: "Obviously someone who could play chess at that sort of level is able to create all sorts of scenarios in her mind." | The court heard Mr Gilbert was arrested three times, the last occasion in May 2005 when he said in a police interview about Jessie: "Obviously someone who could play chess at that sort of level is able to create all sorts of scenarios in her mind." |
| Mr Gilbert, 48, a director at the Royal Bank of Scotland, denies five counts of raping Jessie between 1995 and 2000. | Mr Gilbert, 48, a director at the Royal Bank of Scotland, denies five counts of raping Jessie between 1995 and 2000. |