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Golf break pair 'demanded hotel sex act' | |
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A hotel worker was trapped in a room by two men, one of whom demanded she perform a sex act, a court has heard. | |
The woman told the jury she was collecting room service trays from a corridor when she was pulled into a bedroom at the Hertfordshire hotel. | |
She escaped when there was a knock on the door, St Albans Crown Court heard. | |
Billy Millar, 23, and Liam Skinner, 21, who were on a golfing holiday at the hotel, pleaded not guilty to falsely imprisoning the woman last July. | |
Mr Millar, of Mill Road, West Mersea, and Mr Skinner of High Street North, Colchester, also deny a second charge of committing an offence with the intention of committing a sexual offence. | |
'Pushing and pulling' | 'Pushing and pulling' |
Prosecutor Isobel Delamere said the men were part of a group who became quite "rowdy" after dinner and were flirting with waitresses. | |
The alleged victim told the jury that after dinner she had to go to the corridors outside rooms to retrieve any room service trays left outside doors. | |
She said she saw the two defendants outside their room and as she went past Mr Millar asked her to go inside. | She said she saw the two defendants outside their room and as she went past Mr Millar asked her to go inside. |
She refused, but Mr Millar took hold of her wrists and by "pushing and pulling" got her into the room, she said. | |
As she tried to push past him Mr Millar pushed her, causing her to fall to the floor. She told the jury he then demanded she perform a sex act on him while his friend stood by the door. | |
"I had started to feel quite nervous, panicky," she said. | "I had started to feel quite nervous, panicky," she said. |
Cross-examined by Samantha Giffin for Mr Millar, the woman denied going into the room willingly. | |
The case continues. | The case continues. |