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Ched Evans rape trial: Footballer 'just being childish' Ched Evans rape trial: Footballer denies alleged attack
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Footballer Ched Evans has told his rape trial he was "just being childish" when he let himself into a hotel room where his friend was having sex with the complainant. Footballer Ched Evans has told a court a woman who has accused him of rape was not too drunk to consent and was "enjoying herself".
The Chesterfield forward denies raping a 19-year-old at a Premier Inn in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, on 30 May 2011. The Chesterfield striker denies raping a 19-year-old woman at a Denbighshire hotel, in May 2011.
Mr Evans, 27, has started giving evidence at Cardiff Crown Court. Mr Evans, 27, was found guilty of rape at Caernarfon Crown Court in 2012, but his conviction was quashed in April.
When questioned by his barrister, Judy Khan QC, he said: "I was just being juvenile. I was just being childish." On day four of his retrial, Cardiff Crown Court heard he stopped the sexual encounter after it "became real".
She asked what he thought was happening in the room. Mr Evans told the court from the stand he ceased having sex with the complainant after his friend Clayton McDonald left the Rhuddlan Premier Inn hotel room where the three had been having sex.
He replied: "I didn't know for sure what was happening in the room. He said: "The situation had just become real. That I was cheating on my girlfriend."
"I thought they might be having sex and I could not be sure what was happening but I was just being childish." When asked why that was, he said: "I can only describe it as being caught up in the moment. I was just in a room, with a girl.
The court had previously heard the woman returned to the hotel with Mr Evans' friend Clayton McDonald after meeting him at Rhyl's Zu Bar. "It was more real. I was actually cheating on my girlfriend."
Mr Evans earlier said he and his fiancee, Natasha Massey, with whom he has a young son, plan to get married.
His barrister, Judy Khan QC, asked Mr Evans how the complainant seemed when they were having sex.
He replied: "From what I could see she seemed like she was having sex and enjoying herself."
When asked if the woman was too drunk to consent to sex, he replied "no".
Miss Khan QC said: "Did it appear that she knew what was going on around her?" Miss Khan asked. "Yes," Mr Evans replied.
"If she had been too drunk to consent would you have had sex with her?" Miss Khan asked. "No," he replied.
"Did you rape her Mr Evans?" He replied: "No."
'Drunk but in control'
The court had earlier heard Mr Evans admit he was "just being childish" when he let himself into a hotel room where Mr McDonald was having sex with the complainant.
Jurors previously heard the woman had returned to the hotel with Mr McDonald after meeting him at Rhyl's Zu Bar.
Mr Evans said of the moment he walked into the hotel room: "When I walked in, the door slammed and they [Mr McDonald and the complainant] both looked at me and Clay looked at her and said: 'Can my mate join in?"Mr Evans said of the moment he walked into the hotel room: "When I walked in, the door slammed and they [Mr McDonald and the complainant] both looked at me and Clay looked at her and said: 'Can my mate join in?"
"Did she answer?" Miss Khan asked."Did she answer?" Miss Khan asked.
"She looked at me and said, 'yes'," Mr Evans said, who described his condition as "drunk but in control of myself"."She looked at me and said, 'yes'," Mr Evans said, who described his condition as "drunk but in control of myself".
He said the girl later asked him to perform a sex act on her before they had intercourse.He said the girl later asked him to perform a sex act on her before they had intercourse.
When asked how she responded, he said: "She was just making noises like she was enjoying herself."When asked how she responded, he said: "She was just making noises like she was enjoying herself."
Mr Evans told the court he did not surreptitiously leave the hotel after the sexual encounter, as the prosecution suggested.
He said: "I did not sneak off. I had already talked to Gavin Burrough [the hotel receptionist], I had shown him my driving licence."
In cross-examination Mr Evans said his behaviour was "not the best" but not criminal.
Simon Medland QC said he had not known the complainant's name, did not kiss her goodbye after sex and could not even remember that they had met once before.
"Looking back," Mr Evans said, "my behaviour was not the best and, on reflection, I should not have behaved that way."
Mr Evans was found guilty of rape at Caernarfon Crown Court in 2012, but that conviction was quashed in April and is being re-tried.Mr Evans was found guilty of rape at Caernarfon Crown Court in 2012, but that conviction was quashed in April and is being re-tried.
Mr McDonald, 27, previously of Manchester City and Port Vale but now at non-league Redditch United, was cleared of rape at the original trial.Mr McDonald, 27, previously of Manchester City and Port Vale but now at non-league Redditch United, was cleared of rape at the original trial.
The trial continues.The trial continues.