JURORS are now deliberating in the trial of an alleged rape of a woman by a university student.
Niall McPaul denies one count of rape alleged to have taken place in April 2017 in Oxford.
It is claimed that the the 27-year-old of Headley Way, Oxford, raped the woman - who cannot be named for legal reasons - while she was asleep in a bed.
During the trial, which began at Oxford Crown Court last week, prosecutor Matthew Walsh said that the alleged victim woke up to find McPaul having sex with her.
Mr Walsh said that as the woman began to realise what was happening she 'panicked' and asked McPaul 'are we having sex?'
He said that McPaul responded by saying he thought she was 'into it' and then stopped what he was doing before leaving.
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Jurors were told that she had made her position clear the night before and said to him 'I don't want to have sex with you'.
The jury was also read a selection of messages the pair exchanged afterwards.
In one such exchange, prosecutors said, the woman claimed that if she had been awake she would not have agreed to sex.
Mr Walsh said of the messages: "What the prosecution say they amount to, what they show, is a contrite or apologetic person realising just how bad his behaviour has been."
Today the jury were sent out to begin their deliberations into the case.
The trial continues.
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