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| Man allegedly raped five women he met on dating website, court told | |
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| A man is alleged to have raped five women after meeting them on internet dating site Match.com, a court has heard. | |
| Jason Lawrance, 50, from Liphook, Hampshire, is also accused of attempting to rape and sexually assault another two women after chatting to them online. | Jason Lawrance, 50, from Liphook, Hampshire, is also accused of attempting to rape and sexually assault another two women after chatting to them online. |
| Derby crown court heard that Lawrance met one of his alleged victims in Buxton, Derbyshire, in November 2013 and the pair went back to her house for consensual sex. | Derby crown court heard that Lawrance met one of his alleged victims in Buxton, Derbyshire, in November 2013 and the pair went back to her house for consensual sex. |
| Prosecuting, Shaun Smith QC said, on the following morning, Lawrance raped the woman despite her “screaming hysterically and telling him: ‘no, no, no”’. | Prosecuting, Shaun Smith QC said, on the following morning, Lawrance raped the woman despite her “screaming hysterically and telling him: ‘no, no, no”’. |
| Following the alleged ordeal, the prosecution said Lawrance “calmly got dressed” and drove off. | Following the alleged ordeal, the prosecution said Lawrance “calmly got dressed” and drove off. |
| He then sent the alleged victim a text message reading: “When you were crying out for me to stop I couldn’t, I’m so mad at myself xxx” and another saying: “I was disgusted with myself for hurting you. I am so sorry. I am too rough for you xxx xx”. | He then sent the alleged victim a text message reading: “When you were crying out for me to stop I couldn’t, I’m so mad at myself xxx” and another saying: “I was disgusted with myself for hurting you. I am so sorry. I am too rough for you xxx xx”. |
| The court heard Lawrance used two profiles on the site – keepitstraighttoday and straightmanlooking – but was keen to start to talk to women by text message or email. | The court heard Lawrance used two profiles on the site – keepitstraighttoday and straightmanlooking – but was keen to start to talk to women by text message or email. |
| Smith said: “We suggest that’s because he was keen to engineer a situation where he persuaded women to make contact with him privately by phone or text message or email so he was not being watched by the Match.com website.” | Smith said: “We suggest that’s because he was keen to engineer a situation where he persuaded women to make contact with him privately by phone or text message or email so he was not being watched by the Match.com website.” |
| Another of Lawrance’s alleged rapes happened in the back of a van on a country lane near Crick, Northamptonshire, in June 2011. | Another of Lawrance’s alleged rapes happened in the back of a van on a country lane near Crick, Northamptonshire, in June 2011. |
| The court heard the alleged victim was picked up in a vehicle being driven by Lawrance, and driven up a track into a field where he tried to convince her to get into the back of the van, where he had made bunk beds. | The court heard the alleged victim was picked up in a vehicle being driven by Lawrance, and driven up a track into a field where he tried to convince her to get into the back of the van, where he had made bunk beds. |
| Smith said the woman eventually gave in and then “matters deteriorated very badly indeed”. | Smith said the woman eventually gave in and then “matters deteriorated very badly indeed”. |
| He said: “He insisted that she got into the back of the van and lay on the bottom bed and frightened for her safety she eventually did as he asked. | He said: “He insisted that she got into the back of the van and lay on the bottom bed and frightened for her safety she eventually did as he asked. |
| “He pulled the bed covers over her and removed her trousers. All that she remembers was it was pitch black. She was then raped by him. | “He pulled the bed covers over her and removed her trousers. All that she remembers was it was pitch black. She was then raped by him. |
| “He raped her despite the fact that she was crying and asking him to stop.” | “He raped her despite the fact that she was crying and asking him to stop.” |
| Lawrance denies all the charges. The trial is expected to last two weeks. | Lawrance denies all the charges. The trial is expected to last two weeks. |