The 22-year-old had £4.80 in her purse, not enough for the £5 fare, and the bus driver refused to let her travel
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A 22-year-old university law student was savagely raped in a park after she was "turfed off" the last bus home because she did not have enough money for her fare.
The victim was left stranded in Nottingham city centre at 3am after the bus driver also refused to wait a few moments to allow her to get money for the fare from a nearby cash dispenser.
Nottingham Crown Court heard the woman had been just 20p short - the fare for the 14 mile journey home was £5, but she had only £4.80 in her purse.
Michael Auty, prosecuting, said the woman called her mother who agreed to pick her up in the family car.
The victim volunteered to walk a short distance to the edge of the city centre so her mother would not have to negotiate a one-way system she was unfamiliar with.
Mr Auty told the jury the student had been Christmas shopping in December last year before travelling to Nottingham to celebrate the completion of exams.
Just before 3am, when the bus was due to leave, the victim boarded the bus and tried to pay her fare.
Mr Auty said: "The fare was £5. She had only £4.80. The bus driver would not waive the 20p.
"She asked him if he could wait while she got some money from a nearby cash machine. He refused that request too.
"She was effectively turfed off the bus and left stranded in Nottingham city centre at 3am in the morning."
The victim had walked less than a mile when she was grabbed by the neck and dragged into Nottingham's Forest Recreation Ground where she was beaten and raped.
Her "substantial" injuries included black eyes, a badly swollen face and bruises to her body, breasts and neck.
Mr Auty said the injuries were so severe that her mother did not at first recognise her daughter.
Mr Auty said the attack was "savage and almost devoid of any mercy."
Mr Auty told the jury that "in the cruellest of circumstances" the mother had pulled up on a stretch of the road where she expected her daughter to be walking, and just yards from where she had been attacked,
The mother called her daughter's mobile phone twice and on each occasion she could hear a "grunting" before the line went dead.
Police in a passing patrol car stopped to ask the mother if was all right.
She explained to officers that she was looking for her daughter, who unbeknown to her and the officers, lay injured nearby.
Moments later the defendant ran to the police car and banged on the roof.
He told the officers he had been walking through the park and come across the victim who had already been attacked.
He told the officers "you had better come quick. I think a girl has been raped or something."
He claimed to the officers that mud and the woman's blood were transferred to his body and clothes when he tried to help her to her feet.
The girl was found nearby sat with her knees pulled tight to her chin. She was naked from the waist down.
When told he was being arrested on suspicion of attacking the woman, the defendant replied: "This is what you get for trying to help someone."
Tests showed the defendant was around two-and-a-half times over the legal drink-drive limit. There were also traces of cannabis and cocaine inside his body.
Mr Auty alleged the defendant, Joseph Moran, 19, panicked when he spotted the nearby police car and quickly fabricated his story.
"He made out he was her saviour, her knight in shining armour."
Moran, of Sneinton, Nottingham, denies rape and wounding.
The trial continues
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nottingham-student-raped-after-being-851647
Summary:
This article contains a very heavy story. It is about a 22 year old girl who was raped after she was refused to enter the bus because she was 20p short. The bus driver also refused the request to withdraw some money from a bank a few metres away. She called her mother if she wanted to pick her up, they would meet nearby the park where the mother knew her way around. While walking to the meeting point through the Nottingham park she was grabbed by a guy, beaten and raped. The mother called several times but heard only a grunting through the phone, a police car stopped and asked the mother is she was okay. The mother explained what was going on and started looking for the girl when a boy came running towards the police car telling a girls was raped and beaten. Later on it turned out that the boy is a suspect and may have raped and beaten her. (165)
Review:
The sick twist about this story is not only the fact that the bus driver refused to let her on the bus but also that the boy came running towards the police car and made up a heroic story. I think that the bus driver should be presecuted as well because if you have a little bit of humanity in you, you would not let a 22 year old girl walk home in the middle of the night. I feel very sorry for the girl whom this happened to and I hope the boy will confess what he did to her, so the girl can walk safely home again. ( 123)
The victim was left stranded in Nottingham city centre at 3am after the bus driver also refused to wait a few moments to allow her to get money for the fare from a nearby cash dispenser.
Nottingham Crown Court heard the woman had been just 20p short - the fare for the 14 mile journey home was £5, but she had only £4.80 in her purse.
Michael Auty, prosecuting, said the woman called her mother who agreed to pick her up in the family car.
The victim volunteered to walk a short distance to the edge of the city centre so her mother would not have to negotiate a one-way system she was unfamiliar with.
Mr Auty told the jury the student had been Christmas shopping in December last year before travelling to Nottingham to celebrate the completion of exams.
Just before 3am, when the bus was due to leave, the victim boarded the bus and tried to pay her fare.
Mr Auty said: "The fare was £5. She had only £4.80. The bus driver would not waive the 20p.
"She asked him if he could wait while she got some money from a nearby cash machine. He refused that request too.
"She was effectively turfed off the bus and left stranded in Nottingham city centre at 3am in the morning."
The victim had walked less than a mile when she was grabbed by the neck and dragged into Nottingham's Forest Recreation Ground where she was beaten and raped.
Her "substantial" injuries included black eyes, a badly swollen face and bruises to her body, breasts and neck.
Mr Auty said the injuries were so severe that her mother did not at first recognise her daughter.
Mr Auty said the attack was "savage and almost devoid of any mercy."
Mr Auty told the jury that "in the cruellest of circumstances" the mother had pulled up on a stretch of the road where she expected her daughter to be walking, and just yards from where she had been attacked,
The mother called her daughter's mobile phone twice and on each occasion she could hear a "grunting" before the line went dead.
Police in a passing patrol car stopped to ask the mother if was all right.
She explained to officers that she was looking for her daughter, who unbeknown to her and the officers, lay injured nearby.
Moments later the defendant ran to the police car and banged on the roof.
He told the officers he had been walking through the park and come across the victim who had already been attacked.
He told the officers "you had better come quick. I think a girl has been raped or something."
He claimed to the officers that mud and the woman's blood were transferred to his body and clothes when he tried to help her to her feet.
The girl was found nearby sat with her knees pulled tight to her chin. She was naked from the waist down.
When told he was being arrested on suspicion of attacking the woman, the defendant replied: "This is what you get for trying to help someone."
Tests showed the defendant was around two-and-a-half times over the legal drink-drive limit. There were also traces of cannabis and cocaine inside his body.
Mr Auty alleged the defendant, Joseph Moran, 19, panicked when he spotted the nearby police car and quickly fabricated his story.
"He made out he was her saviour, her knight in shining armour."
Moran, of Sneinton, Nottingham, denies rape and wounding.
The trial continues
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nottingham-student-raped-after-being-851647
Summary:
This article contains a very heavy story. It is about a 22 year old girl who was raped after she was refused to enter the bus because she was 20p short. The bus driver also refused the request to withdraw some money from a bank a few metres away. She called her mother if she wanted to pick her up, they would meet nearby the park where the mother knew her way around. While walking to the meeting point through the Nottingham park she was grabbed by a guy, beaten and raped. The mother called several times but heard only a grunting through the phone, a police car stopped and asked the mother is she was okay. The mother explained what was going on and started looking for the girl when a boy came running towards the police car telling a girls was raped and beaten. Later on it turned out that the boy is a suspect and may have raped and beaten her. (165)
Review:
The sick twist about this story is not only the fact that the bus driver refused to let her on the bus but also that the boy came running towards the police car and made up a heroic story. I think that the bus driver should be presecuted as well because if you have a little bit of humanity in you, you would not let a 22 year old girl walk home in the middle of the night. I feel very sorry for the girl whom this happened to and I hope the boy will confess what he did to her, so the girl can walk safely home again. ( 123)
What a terrible story. Isn’t it scary how life can go. If the bus driver let her get on the bus she would have been fine but the lack of 20 pence changed her life forever. I hate the fact that molesters still run the earth but I hope they catch the felon and send him to a terrible prison where he will get raped by his gay cellmate.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenReading this story gives me Goosebumps. I cannot imagine why the bus driver would not let that girl in. I also cannot imagine why someone would do something so horrible. The bus driver must feel relly guilty ever he heard or read this story and I hope he does.
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