Illegal immigrant ‘raped woman in park’ after giving her ‘vial’ of unidentified liquid
AN illegal immigrant raped a woman in a park, a court has heard.
Saad Gomaa told her he was an “illegal” after sitting next to her on a bench.
He is then said to have given her a “vial” of unidentified liquid before raping her.
A jury yesterday saw CCTV of Gomaa, 34, and the drunk woman together on a bench in Tower Gardens, Skegness, Lincs, at around 10.15pm on June 9.
Clive Stockwell KC, prosecuting, said: “It became clear to her the man wasn’t English.
“The word she says she got from him is that he was ‘illegal’.
“She recalls being on the ground with the defendant next to her.
“They had moved to a bushed area where there was no CCTV coverage.
“She began to panic.
“She told the defendant she did not want to have sex with him.
“This was rape, pure and simple.
“The prosecution case is she was in no fit state to want or agree to sexual intercourse.”
Mr Stockwell said the complainant also remembered being given something in a vial by Gomaa.
He added: “She did not know what it was or what effect it may or may not have had.”
The woman called 999 and police found her “in a very drunk and distressed state”.
Gomaa, of Skegness, was arrested in as nearby nightclub and interviewed with an Arabic interpreter.
He denies rape and claims sex was consensual.
The trial at Lincoln crown court continues.