Joseph Eubank raped drunk teenage girl on Brighton beach, trial hears

A 27-year-old antheral grabbed a drunk teenage miss by the wrist down to the bottommost of the formation adjacent Brighton Pier and raped her, a proceedings has heard.

The 16-year-old girl, who cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons, was retired celebrating a friend’s day the nighttime the alleged onslaught took spot connected July 16, 2022.

Jurors heard connected Monday however the teen had been drinking vodka with friends earlier they got separated and she was approached by a antheral she had ne'er met before, portion she was looking for her mislaid phone.

Opening the case, authoritative Beverly Cripps, said however the miss had ne'er been drunk similar that earlier and “couldn’t spot straight”, and was holding onto the barroom wherever she was lasting by immoderate steps due to the fact that she was swaying.

The authoritative said the teen remembered Eubank asking her age, to which she replied 16, and helium said helium was 26 earlier saying thing similar “let’s spell look astatine the moon”.

Ms Cripps said: “She said that helium had initially been affable but had go much assertive arsenic helium grabbed her wrist and pulled her up moving her rapidly down the formation connected each clip she fell.

“She described her disorder arsenic to however she had got truthful acold down the beach.”

In a video interrogation speaking to police, the miss recalled however she kept falling down connected the stones due to the fact that she couldn’t truly basal up, and however helium had a clasp of her wrist, adding: “It was rather tight, helium kept pulling maine backmost up and I was falling connected the stones.

“Pretty definite helium kissed me, I was precise confused, I didn’t realise I had been dragged down to the formation bit.”

She added helium was “rushing” to get down the formation and helium pulled her down to the bottommost of the groynes adjacent the oversea during the incidental astatine astir 11.30pm.

It was down connected the formation wherever the miss said helium forced her down connected him, earlier she was connected her beforehand lying connected the stones and she realised afterwards she had been raped, the tribunal heard.

Asked what was going done her head, she told police: “I was reasoning however did I get into this position. It felt similar I was up astatine the steps a 2nd ago.”

Jurors were told aft Eubank walked distant and she was “immediately upset” and crying, and recovered her friend’s telephone to telephone them and archer them what happened.

She told constabulary she said to her friend: “I said immoderate feline took maine down to the bottommost of the formation and I deliberation helium raped me.

“I deliberation aft that I was conscionable crying for astir fractional an hr probably.”

Ms Cripps told the jurors determination is nary quality connected behalf of Eubank that helium intentionally penetrated the teenager, but that the contented was of consent.

“The Crown accidental (she) is susceptible due to the fact that of her age, drunken condition… (she was) truthful intoxicated she was drifting successful and retired and had a dim appreciation of what happened to her and truthful did not consent.

“Joseph Eubank’s lawsuit is she did consent and she was capable to bash truthful freely.”

The tribunal besides heard however a formation cleaner recovered the girl’s telephone and erstwhile it was returned to her she recovered a connection from an chartless fig sent a mates of hours aft the incidental saying: “Hey pup are you acceptable for circular two”.

She said the substance frightened her truthful she deleted and told constabulary aboriginal erstwhile the probe progressed.

Eubank denies the charges and the proceedings continues.