A woman was raped while she was in labour by her partner on her own bed, a court has heard.
The woman began having severe contractions and tried to alleviate the pain by getting on her hands and knees.
But then her partner woke up and allegedly started raping her despite her cries of pain and shouting for him to stop.
After the attack he offered to run her a bath before she was taken to hospital to give birth four hours later.
Following the baby's birth, the man's partner went to stay with her mother because the heating at the couple's property was broken. After returning home to him, though, she decided to report the alleged rape to her family and police.
Prosecutor Michael Greenhalgh told Hull Crown Court said initial texts between the pair after their baby's birth were of affection and excitement because of their child, but that the tone soon changed when she went back home.
'The woman will note two things precipitated that change,' he said.
'Firstly, she was back in the bedroom where this happened, which is a stark and uncomfortable reminder to her. And, he behaved in an inappropriate way with the new baby.
'The child is crying and he wouldn't let her pick the child up and refers to it as a "spoilt little s***". It was at that point she decided she couldn't forget what has happened.'
The man is denying the pair had sex.
Source - Metro
0