Two professional footballers have been accused of raping a teenage
woman in a hotel bedroom as other men looked on through a window and
one of them filmed what was happening.
Sheffield United striker Ched Evans and Port Vale defender Clayton
McDonald allegedly attacked the victim who was "very drunk indeed" and
"in no fit state" to consent to sex.
The players are on trial at Caernarfon Crown Court charged with raping
the woman in the Premier Inn, at Rhuddlan, near Rhyl, in May last
year.
Prosecutor John Philpotts said Evans had booked a room "with the main
or sole purpose of procuring a girl, or girls, later that night".
He said that both footballers were "on the lookout for any girl who
was... suitable" and that the alleged victim "literally stumbled
across their path" after McDonald had seen her falling over in a kebab
shop and escorted her in a taxi to the hotel.
She ended up in a room with the two footballers, the court heard.
The jury was told that hotel receptionist Gary Burrough was aware of
two other males waiting outside the hotel and went to investigate.
"They were at the window of room 14 watching, as it transpired, what
these defendants were doing to that girl," Mr Philpotts said.
"Mr Burrough went to check what was happening in room 14. It was not
difficult to guess. He heard the sound of a female squealing and
groaning."
Evans and McDonald, both aged 23, admit having sex with the woman but
deny raping her.
The court heard that McDonald went to the hotel reception after the
incident and left saying: "You know that girl I was with? Keep an eye
on her. She's sick."
The prosecutor said: "At least Clayton McDonald showed a degree of concern.
"Chedwyn Evans was less concerned about her welfare but equally aware
of her condition and what he had done.
"He left by a fire exit so that he did not have to pass through the
reception area and risk being seen by a member of staff."
The trial continues.
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