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| Swimmer raped woman after she had sex with his friend, court hears | |
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| A woman has told a jury she was raped by an international swimmer moments after she had consensual sex with another top swimmer. | A woman has told a jury she was raped by an international swimmer moments after she had consensual sex with another top swimmer. |
| Otto Putland, 24, who represented Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, is accused of raping the woman following a night out in Cardiff. | Otto Putland, 24, who represented Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, is accused of raping the woman following a night out in Cardiff. |
| The woman, who is now in her early 20s, said the swimmer walked into the bedroom after she had consensual sex with his friend, the Olympic swimmer Ieuan Lloyd, and raped her. | The woman, who is now in her early 20s, said the swimmer walked into the bedroom after she had consensual sex with his friend, the Olympic swimmer Ieuan Lloyd, and raped her. |
| The prosecuting barrister told Cardiff crown court the woman was passed on “as if she were chattel”. Putland denies the offence. | The prosecuting barrister told Cardiff crown court the woman was passed on “as if she were chattel”. Putland denies the offence. |
| In a video-recorded interview played to the jury on Thursday, the woman said she met Lloyd, whom she had known for about a year, in a club and they spent most of the evening together before going back to his home. | In a video-recorded interview played to the jury on Thursday, the woman said she met Lloyd, whom she had known for about a year, in a club and they spent most of the evening together before going back to his home. |
| “We left his friend [Putland] in the club with another girl. Once we got back to Ieuan’s house we had sex,” she said. | “We left his friend [Putland] in the club with another girl. Once we got back to Ieuan’s house we had sex,” she said. |
| The woman said afterwards Lloyd went out of the bedroom and Putland came in. | The woman said afterwards Lloyd went out of the bedroom and Putland came in. |
| “When he started taking off his clothes that’s when I texted my friend saying ‘Help something might happen,’” she said. | “When he started taking off his clothes that’s when I texted my friend saying ‘Help something might happen,’” she said. |
| “He [Putland] lay on top of me and I was saying ‘You can’t pass me around’ and he said ‘We’re not passing you around’. I told him I didn’t want to have sex with him and he continued trying to kiss me.” | “He [Putland] lay on top of me and I was saying ‘You can’t pass me around’ and he said ‘We’re not passing you around’. I told him I didn’t want to have sex with him and he continued trying to kiss me.” |
| The woman claimed Putland put a condom on. She said she was crying and kept turning her head away. “He just put it in but he said to me ‘Don’t worry, it’s just the tip’. | The woman claimed Putland put a condom on. She said she was crying and kept turning her head away. “He just put it in but he said to me ‘Don’t worry, it’s just the tip’. |
| “I used my arms to keep him at a distance and push him away. Ieuan walked in to grab something off the side of the table and he just walked straight back out again.” | “I used my arms to keep him at a distance and push him away. Ieuan walked in to grab something off the side of the table and he just walked straight back out again.” |
| The woman said she told Putland she needed to go to the bathroom and he stopped. | The woman said she told Putland she needed to go to the bathroom and he stopped. |
| In the bathroom she rang her friends and the next thing she remembered was hearing her phone ring and being back in the bed with Putland on top of her again. | In the bathroom she rang her friends and the next thing she remembered was hearing her phone ring and being back in the bed with Putland on top of her again. |
| The court heard that the woman’s friends, responding to her calls for help, arrived at the address and left with her in a taxi. | The court heard that the woman’s friends, responding to her calls for help, arrived at the address and left with her in a taxi. |
| In her opening, Janet McDonald, for the prosecution, said the woman saw a forensic doctor two days after the alleged attack in July 2015 but did not report the matter to police until November 2016, initially saying she did not want her mother to know what had happened. | In her opening, Janet McDonald, for the prosecution, said the woman saw a forensic doctor two days after the alleged attack in July 2015 but did not report the matter to police until November 2016, initially saying she did not want her mother to know what had happened. |
| McDonald said: “It was clear in the circumstances to her she could not turn to Ieuan Lloyd for help. He passed her on to his friend as if she were chattel.” | McDonald said: “It was clear in the circumstances to her she could not turn to Ieuan Lloyd for help. He passed her on to his friend as if she were chattel.” |
| Cross-examining the woman, Christopher Rees, for the defence, said she told the doctor in 2015 that she had drunk half a litre of Malibu and vodka lemonades. | Cross-examining the woman, Christopher Rees, for the defence, said she told the doctor in 2015 that she had drunk half a litre of Malibu and vodka lemonades. |
| Asking her about the reliability of her memory, Rees said: “There were gaps in your memory when you gave the account to the police 18 months later.” The woman said: “I can remember most of the night.” | Asking her about the reliability of her memory, Rees said: “There were gaps in your memory when you gave the account to the police 18 months later.” The woman said: “I can remember most of the night.” |
| Rees asked why she had not got up and left when Putland came into the room. The woman said: “I froze. I am not sure ... I wasn’t thinking straight. I wasn’t sure exactly what was going to happen at that time.” | Rees asked why she had not got up and left when Putland came into the room. The woman said: “I froze. I am not sure ... I wasn’t thinking straight. I wasn’t sure exactly what was going to happen at that time.” |
| Putland, of Herefordshire, denies rape. | Putland, of Herefordshire, denies rape. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |
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