A WOMAN barricaded herself in an upstairs room at her Worcester home after she had been raped following a night out in the city centre, a court was told.

But Simon Walters-Melville, aged 26, who is accused of rape, told police his alleged victim had started kissing him and seemed willing to have sex, the court was told.

He met the woman in Shakeey’s restaurant in Angel Street, Worcester, in the early hours of Sunday, March 11, this year. They had a drink together and then took a taxi back to her Worcester home at about 5.30am.

In a police interview read to the jury, Walters-Melville said they had been sitting talking and then got closer. He said they began kissing and fondling.

The woman had told the jury she had been out with friends and had drunk Pimm’s and vodka. She then had four gin and tonics and four tequila shots in Shakeey’s with Walters-Melville between 4am and 5.30am.

She told the court she could not remember getting into a taxi and all she remembered was waking up on the living room floor with Walters-Melville having sex with her. Her clothing was torn and her underwear and shoes were discarded. Walters-Melville told police he did not think that she was too drunk to consent.

He told police she fell asleep after sex. He carried her to the foot of the stairs and she woke up and ran upstairs. She was sobbing and shut herself in another room.

Medical evidence show-ed bruising on her arms and legs and other injuries which were consistent with forced intercourse, the jury was told.

Walters-Melville, of Winslow View, Winslow, Bromyard, denies rape, assault by penetration and attempted rape.

The trial continues.