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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. | 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 a teenager. | In it she told police the actor took her into a bedroom of a bungalow he owned when she was a teenager. |
| 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' | 'Gullible' |
| She went on to describe a second rape "a few months" after the first, which she alleges took place at a different cottage in Haslingden owned by Mr Roache . | She went on to describe a second rape "a few months" after the first, which she alleges took place at a different cottage in Haslingden owned by Mr Roache . |
| The woman said the actor had invited her into his home. | The woman said the actor had invited her into his home. |
| "Before I knew it I had been grabbed again," she said. | "Before I knew it I had been grabbed again," she said. |
| She said the television star pushed her up against a wall as she thought: "Oh God, I can't believe this." | She said the television star pushed her up against a wall as she thought: "Oh God, I can't believe this." |
| The court heard her say she should not have gone to his home on the second occasion. | The court heard her say she should not have gone to his home on the second occasion. |
| "I thought I was to blame, especially the second time," she said. | "I thought I was to blame, especially the second time," she said. |
| "I was gullible, I was a kid. I would never have repeated it to anyone." | "I was gullible, I was a kid. I would never have repeated it to anyone." |
| When asked by the police officer to describe her allegations, the woman said: "I don't know if you called it rape in them days because I was not pinned down. I was sexually abused." | When asked by the police officer to describe her allegations, the woman said: "I don't know if you called it rape in them days because I was not pinned down. I was sexually abused." |
| 'Frightened and disgusted' | 'Frightened and disgusted' |
| The woman came forward in the wake of a number of celebrity sex scandals, the jury heard. | 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." | She said: "It has started to bother me because there might be other people that this has happened to." |
| The woman told the female officer she had spoken to her son about the now disgraced Jimmy Savile and later revelations about Sir Cyril Smith. | The woman told the female officer she had spoken to her son about the now disgraced Jimmy Savile and later revelations about Sir Cyril Smith. |
| She told her son "in those days you didn't talk about things like that... I know things like this happen because I have been in a position like this." | She told her son "in those days you didn't talk about things like that... I know things like this happen because I have been in a position like this." |
| When asked by the police interviewer why she had not told anyone about the alleged abuse, she replied: "I didn't think I'd be believed." | When asked by the police interviewer why she had not told anyone about the alleged abuse, she replied: "I didn't think I'd be believed." |
| Later in the recording, she said: "It has eaten away at me. It is on the media all the time. | Later in the recording, she said: "It has eaten away at me. It is on the media all the time. |
| "I now realise what happened to me was not an isolated incident. | "I now realise what happened to me was not an isolated incident. |
| "I thought it had to be my fault ... I was ashamed, frightened and disgusted, to be quite honest." | "I thought it had to be my fault ... I was ashamed, frightened and disgusted, to be quite honest." |
| 'Fancied himself' | 'Fancied himself' |
| The woman said she did not see Mr Roache again until the late 1970s when she was a young mother in a baby show at a local carnival. | |
| She claims he walked past at her and said: "Oh hello, I know you don't I ?" | |
| "It upset me a little bit because I didn't know he was a judge that day," she said. | "It upset me a little bit because I didn't know he was a judge that day," she said. |
| The woman said that was the last time she had seen him. | The woman said that was the last time she had seen him. |
| The officer asked if he was "fanciable as a celebrity" and the woman replied "possibly he fancied himself". | The officer asked if he was "fanciable as a celebrity" and the woman replied "possibly he fancied himself". |
| She was then asked "Did you fancy him?" to which she answered: "No, he was not my age. I fancied local boys who I was in school with." | She was then asked "Did you fancy him?" to which she answered: "No, he was not my age. I fancied local boys who I was in school with." |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |