Alleged rape victim was ‘up for it’ with footballer and his friend, says defence

A LAW student who claimed she was raped by Ireland and Arsenal footballer Graham Stack had consensual sex with him while his girlfriend was in the next room, a court heard yesterday.

The 22-year-old was “up for it” after meeting goalkeeper Stack, who is currently on loan to Reading, and his friend at a West End club, Croydon Crown Court was told.

After a “kiss and a cuddle” with Alan Smillie at Stack’s Beckenham flat in the early hours of September 1, last year, she initiated sex with the player, the jury was told.