Court hears woman’s description of being raped by friend of rapper Slowthai

A pistillate has described however a person of Grammy-nominated rapper Slowthai forced himself upon her, a tribunal heard.

Alex Blake-Walker is accused of raping the pistillate astatine a location enactment aft a gig performed by the rapper, whose existent sanction is Tyron Frampton.

Oxford Crown Court has heard however Blake-Walker was a person of the rapper and was portion of his entourage.

It is alleged Blake-Walker, 27, and Frampton, 29, raped 2 women astatine the enactment successful the aboriginal hours of September 8 2021.

The prosecution alleges Blake-Walker raped 1 of the complainants portion being encouraged by Frampton.

While Frampton had doubly raped the different complainant portion being encouraged by Blake-Walker.

It is said they some sexually assaulted the pistillate Frampton is alleged to person raped.

The tribunal heard that the erstwhile evening Frampton had been performing astatine The Bullingdon euphony venue successful Oxford metropolis centre.

After gathering fans afterwards, helium went backmost to his circuit autobus earlier being invited to a enactment astatine a location wherever 1 of the pistillate radical lived.

The archetypal complainant told the assemblage she had gone onto the extortion of that spot with the 2nd complainant and the 2 defendants.

She said aft talking they began kissing consensually, but past Blake-Walker forced her to execute a enactment enactment upon him.

Sheryl Nwosu, representing Blake-Walker, suggested the consensual kissing led to consensual oral sex.

“Not willingly,” the pistillate replied.

Ms Nwosu asked: “You saw the different complainant bash that, truthful you did the aforesaid thing?”

Ms Nwosu asked: “When you were kissing Mr Blake-Walker helium was not being assertive to you. You were some enjoying that, a consenting participant?”

Ms Nwosu asked: “You began to springiness him oral sex?”

The barrister asked the pistillate whether astatine constituent she had said she did not privation to bash it.

She replied: “When helium pushed maine down, I said I didn’t privation to bash that. I said repeatedly I wanted to spell backmost inside.”

Ms Nwosu suggested the crushed she stopped and fled was that she heard voices coming from the country adjacent to the roof.

“That’s not what caused maine to halt – I didn’t privation to bash it successful the archetypal place,” the complainant replied.

“It was a precise scary time, and it each happened precise quickly. I don’t cognize wherefore I didn’t telephone retired to a circumstantial person.”

Denying she was embarrassed, she described wherefore she fled the house, telling the jury: “I wanted to get myself retired of a precise scary situation.

In a recorded interrogation with the police, the complainant said she was “excited” Frampton was going to the house.

“I deliberation we were talking astir however surreal it was that Slowthai was successful the house. I deliberation we were truly excited and not believing it was really happening,” she told officers.

“We recovered it really, truly exciting.”

Frampton, of Wellingborough Road, Northampton, and Blake-Walker, of Wallbutton Road, south-east London, contradict 3 associated charges of rape and 1 of intersexual battle against 2 women.