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James Haskell, prosecuting, mentioned: “The prosecution case is that James Holder sexually assaulted and raped a woman in the early hours of May 7 2022.
“There isn’t any dispute in this case that Mr Holder did have interaction in some kind of sexual exercise together with her.
“But he says all the sexual activity that occurred was consensual and he reasonably believed it was so,” he added.
The court docket was advised when Holder awoke on the woman’s flat, he advised her to affix him in the bed room.
“She said no, she was tired, and she said he pulled her on the bed,” Haskell added.
“She said that he continued to touch her. She described him pulling off her lower clothing. She said she tried to stop him.
“From time to time he would apologize however then carried on. She was telling him to cease.
“At one point she remembered starting to cry but even then he didn’t stop,” Haskell added.
