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Bournemouth Rape Trial Hears Mother's Account of Distress Call

Jurors heard the mother's late-night call reporting the alleged rape.

Overview

  • The complainant's mother told the court she answered a stranger's phone and heard her daughter say, "I need to be picked up, I have been raped."
  • She said police later took her daughter to hospital and described a swollen lip, a knee bruise, and a torn skirt seen after the call.
  • The complainant earlier testified that she accepted a lift on an e-bike, was pinned outside a portable toilet, dragged inside, and raped.
  • Prosecutors said bystanders saw the pair near the seafront toilets and that the man cycled back to his friends as the woman ran to get help.
  • Mohammed Abdullah, 19, denies rape and assault by penetration and says he believed the sex was consensual, with the Bournemouth Crown Court trial ongoing.