Rape trial hears of ‘help me’, ‘I’m hurt badly’ text messages

Text messages with the words “Help me” and “I’m hurt badly” were sent at around 5am to friends of a woman who was allegedly raped by a man and physically assaulted by his friends.

The defence called only one witness — a friend of the accused who was present in the bedroom of the B&B in the early hours of March 18, 2017 — and he testified today that his impression was that the sex between the accused and complainant was consensual.