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Bath rape accused is sex offender | |
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A man accused of snatching a girl aged six from a bath and raping her has a previous indecency conviction, Newcastle Crown Court has heard. | |
Peter Voisey, of Blyth, Northumberland, denies abduction, rape and sexual assault in Willington Quay, North Tyneside, on 27 December last year. | Peter Voisey, of Blyth, Northumberland, denies abduction, rape and sexual assault in Willington Quay, North Tyneside, on 27 December last year. |
The jury heard he molested a girl, aged 12, in the changing rooms of a leisure centre in Macclesfield, in July 2001. | The jury heard he molested a girl, aged 12, in the changing rooms of a leisure centre in Macclesfield, in July 2001. |
He admitted indecent assault and was convicted in September that year. | He admitted indecent assault and was convicted in September that year. |
During nine days of evidence, the Newcastle Crown Court jury has heard how the six-year-old was taken from the bathroom of her flat and driven away by an intruder on 27 December. | |
She was subjected to two serious sexual assaults before she was dumped naked and shivering in a freezing back alley. | She was subjected to two serious sexual assaults before she was dumped naked and shivering in a freezing back alley. |
Friends' evidence | |
Friends of Mr Voisey gave evidence against him on Thursday. They included Keith French, who has known him for more than 30 years. | |
He said Mr Voisey gave him a lift in Newcastle about two years ago, and they drove past a mother with two children aged about eight and six. | |
Mr French said: "He wanted to take the children off the street if he had the chance and that he would do something to them." | |
Franz Muller QC, defending, asked Mr French if his evidence had been influenced by animosity between the two men. | |
He denied it, but agreed Mr Voisey had often made unpleasant remarks about him. | |
Former friend and neighbour Clive Rudd told the court Mr Voisey had confessed to "groping" a sleeping woman during a break-in at a property in Blyth . | |
The defence case has yet to open. The trial continues. | The defence case has yet to open. The trial continues. |