NCA trial: Teenager says alleged rapist is 'lying scumbag'

A WOMAN has given tearful testimony about the man she says twice raped her. 
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The 19-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, gave evidence from behind a screen at Sheffield Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday) against Tony Chapman (42), of Lindley Street, Eastwood.

Chapman denies one count of actual bodily harm, one of making a threat to kill and three of rape, against two female complainants.

Both women were teenagers at the time of the alleged offences — Chapman was around 20 years older.

The 19-year-old told the court that Chapman raped her inside a Jeep with a cream-coloured interior. 

Mr Dermot Hughes, representing Chapman, said to the woman: "Tony says that you were never in his Jeep."

The woman said this was "rubbish", adding: "I wouldn't usually swear down on anything, but I would swear down on anything right now that I was in that Jeep." 

Mr Hughes said: "Tony says he never had sex with you."

The upset woman replied: "He's a lying scumbag." 

Mr Peter Hampton, prosecuting, asked the woman about the sex attacks.

She said: "I thought he liked me but it turns out he did it just to rape young girls at a young age where he thought I was selfish and spiteful and I didn't care what he felt like."

The victim's mother, who also gave evidence from behind a screen, said she recalled seeing her daughter in a 4x4 with Chapman "several times" and in another vehicle three or four times. 

Chapman denies all five charges against him.

The trial continues.