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| Teacher 'sexually assaulted by masseur' at Cheshunt hotel | Teacher 'sexually assaulted by masseur' at Cheshunt hotel |
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| A teacher was sexually assaulted while she was having a massage on a "wellbeing weekend" organised by her school, a court has heard. | A teacher was sexually assaulted while she was having a massage on a "wellbeing weekend" organised by her school, a court has heard. |
| The woman, who was 29 at the time, told Luton Crown Court that Yehia Elshenawi touched her breasts, bottom and crotch during the massage. | The woman, who was 29 at the time, told Luton Crown Court that Yehia Elshenawi touched her breasts, bottom and crotch during the massage. |
| The English teacher said she left the room at the Marriott Hotel in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, feeling "very emotional and confused". | The English teacher said she left the room at the Marriott Hotel in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, feeling "very emotional and confused". |
| Mr Elshenawi denies sexual assault. | Mr Elshenawi denies sexual assault. |
| The court heard massages were laid on for staff in a room at the hotel on 16 September 2017, and one masseur was Mr Elshenawi who had been hired through an agency. | |
| Jurors were told the 36-year-old brought his own massage chair - which the teacher said "like something out of a sci-fi movie" with "a hole in the middle" - and clients remained fully clothed. | Jurors were told the 36-year-old brought his own massage chair - which the teacher said "like something out of a sci-fi movie" with "a hole in the middle" - and clients remained fully clothed. |
| The woman told the court Mr Elshenawi seemed surprised when she said it was her first massage. | The woman told the court Mr Elshenawi seemed surprised when she said it was her first massage. |
| She said he took her arm and put it behind her back before putting his hand up her jumper and over her breast and rubbing in a "circular motion". | She said he took her arm and put it behind her back before putting his hand up her jumper and over her breast and rubbing in a "circular motion". |
| He then began to massage her back and "grabbed and groped" her bottom before touching her crotch, she said. | He then began to massage her back and "grabbed and groped" her bottom before touching her crotch, she said. |
| The teacher told the jury Mr Elshenawi then took her hands and placed them on his "crotch area". | The teacher told the jury Mr Elshenawi then took her hands and placed them on his "crotch area". |
| "He asked me if I liked it and I said 'No I don't' and he said sorry," she said. | "He asked me if I liked it and I said 'No I don't' and he said sorry," she said. |
| The woman said she left the room feeling "ready to cry". | The woman said she left the room feeling "ready to cry". |
| "I was feeling very emotional and confused about what had just happened," she said. | "I was feeling very emotional and confused about what had just happened," she said. |
| The teacher reported Mr Elshenawi to police after asking a colleague what their massage was like. | The teacher reported Mr Elshenawi to police after asking a colleague what their massage was like. |
| Mr Elshenawi, of Nicoll Road in Harlesden, London, denies one charge of sexual assault. | Mr Elshenawi, of Nicoll Road in Harlesden, London, denies one charge of sexual assault. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |