Overview
- In court, a police interview was played in which Mohammed Abdullah, 19, said a 19-year-old woman hugged and kissed him and agreed to sex in a portable toilet.
- Abdullah gave his account through an Arabic interpreter and said she touched his genitals and said yes when he asked if she wanted to have sex.
- Prosecutors say the woman, separated from friends after a night out, accepted a lift on a hired Beryl e-bike in July 2025 before an alleged rape in a seafront toilet.
- The woman was taken for a forensic medical exam, and prosecutors say she had bruising to her lips and right leg.
- Abdullah, who arrived from Syria in 2023 and has leave to remain, denies rape and assault by penetration and the trial continues at Bournemouth Crown Court.