1/1 A MAN accused of raping a schoolgirl told jurors no sexual activity occurred and said of being under suspicion: “My life’s been destroyed by this.” James Nelson, 35, and Arran Toal, 37, are on trial at Carlisle Crown Court. They both deny the alleged rape of different girls at the latter’s Hillary Grove city home on January 20, 2018. They also deny an alternative charge alleging sexual activity with the respective children. Giving evidence yesterday, both insisted they did nothing wrong. Nelson initially drove the girls - then aged 13 and 14 - into Carlisle that evening before agreeing to transport them to one of their houses out of the city.
Trial: The jury has seen video taped police interviews with with both alleged rape victims A THIRTEEN-year-old girl told a police officer she felt scared as the man accused of raping her took her into a bedroom of a house in Carlisle. The teenager spoke of her fear to an officer interviewing her about events in Harraby on January 20, 2018, saying the man who took her to the room had taken advantage of her while she was drunk and “forced himself” on her. A Carlisle Crown Court jury heard the teenager make the claims in a recorded police interview as she gave her account of what happened when she and her friend were allegedly raped by James Andrew Nelson, 35, and 37-year-old Arran William Toal.
Man accused of raping schoolgirl told police: âIt never happenedâ
Carlisle Crown Court
A man accused of raping a schoolgirl at a house in Carlisle told police when he was interviewed: âIt never happened.â
Two men have gone on trial in front of a jury at Carlisle Crown Court.
James Alexander Nelson, 35, denies the alleged rape of one schoolgirl, on January 20, 2018, while Arran William Toal, 37, has pleaded not guilty to the alleged rape of a different girl.
Nelson and Toal also each deny alternative charges which allege sexual activity with the respective girls, who were aged 13 and 14 at the time.