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| William Roache 'raped girl in his Lancashire homes', jury hears | William Roache 'raped girl in his Lancashire homes', jury hears |
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| A woman said Coronation Street star William Roache "pushed her on to a bed" and was "cold and calculated" as he raped her, a jury has heard. | A woman said Coronation Street star William Roache "pushed her on to a bed" and was "cold and calculated" as he raped her, a jury has heard. |
| The woman, now 62, said the alleged rapes took place in his two homes in Haslingden, Lancashire, Preston Crown Court heard. | The woman, now 62, said the alleged rapes took place in his two homes in Haslingden, Lancashire, Preston Crown Court heard. |
| Mr Roache, 81, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, denies two counts of raping a 15-year-old girl in 1967. | Mr Roache, 81, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, denies two counts of raping a 15-year-old girl in 1967. |
| He also denies five counts of indecent assault involving four girls. | He also denies five counts of indecent assault involving four girls. |
| Those alleged offences involve girls aged 16 or under in Manchester between 1965 and 1971, the court heard. | |
| 'Panic stricken' | 'Panic stricken' |
| The jury was shown a video of the alleged rape victim's police interview from March 2013. | The jury was shown a video of the alleged rape victim's police interview from March 2013. |
| In it she told police the actor took her into a bedroom of a bungalow he owned when she was 15 years old. | In it she told police the actor took her into a bedroom of a bungalow he owned when she was 15 years old. |
| She said: "I was shocked. There was no warning... I didn't know what to do. | She said: "I was shocked. There was no warning... I didn't know what to do. |
| "I can just remember thinking 'God, I just want to get out of here. I didn't know what to make of it, I was just so scared'." | "I can just remember thinking 'God, I just want to get out of here. I didn't know what to make of it, I was just so scared'." |
| She described the first alleged rape as "cold and calculated". | She described the first alleged rape as "cold and calculated". |
| The woman said: "I didn't fight, but I couldn't push him off. | The woman said: "I didn't fight, but I couldn't push him off. |
| "He was too heavy for me... It was very uncomfortable but at the time I was just panic stricken. " | "He was too heavy for me... It was very uncomfortable but at the time I was just panic stricken. " |
| "I just wanted to get up. I just wanted to go home... It was very painful. He was lying on top of me he was a lot bigger than me.. I just thought I was never going to get out. | "I just wanted to get up. I just wanted to go home... It was very painful. He was lying on top of me he was a lot bigger than me.. I just thought I was never going to get out. |
| "I thought it was never going to finish," she added. | "I thought it was never going to finish," she added. |
| Mr Roache was given permission to leave the dock and sit next to his lawyer while the recording was played in court so he could view it. | Mr Roache was given permission to leave the dock and sit next to his lawyer while the recording was played in court so he could view it. |
| The woman said: "I thought it must be my fault. I didn't know why it had happened. I'd gone round there in all innocence." | The woman said: "I thought it must be my fault. I didn't know why it had happened. I'd gone round there in all innocence." |
| 'Gullible' | |
| She went on to describe a second rape "a few months" after the first, which she alleges took place at a different cottage owned by Mr Roache in Haslingden. | She went on to describe a second rape "a few months" after the first, which she alleges took place at a different cottage owned by Mr Roache in Haslingden. |
| She said the actor pushed her up against a wall as she thought: "Oh God, I can't believe this." | She said the actor pushed her up against a wall as she thought: "Oh God, I can't believe this." |
| The woman told the court she did not report the alleged rapes because she blamed herself. | |
| In her police interview, the woman said: "I thought I was to blame, especially the second time." | |
| "I was gullible, I was a kid. I would never have repeated it to anyone," she added. | |
| The woman came forward in the wake of a number of celebrity sex scandals, the jury heard. | |
| She said: "It has started to bother me because there might be other people that this has happened to." | |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |