Premier League footballer's brother denies raping teenage girl

The brother of Premier League footballer Titus Bramble told police investigating claims he raped a 19-year-old woman: “They don’t just come back to the hotel to go to sleep, they come back for sex,” a jury was told today.

Tesfaye Bramble, 30 – brother of Sunderland star Titus – went on trial at Leeds Crown Court today accused of raping the woman in the Vermont Hotel, Newcastle, on September 22 last year.