Woman says ex-partner raped her after hitting her

A woman has denied before a Central Criminal Court jury that she made love to her ex-partner after he hit her and added: "I can categorically 100% say it was not love. It was rape."

She said that the 43-year-old accused had announced that he was going to rape her before he did so and she was surprised he had said that because minutes earlier he had declared his love for her.