A teenage university student told a jury yesterday that being raped by a man she met in an Oxford nightclub were the "worst hours of my life."

The 18-year-old victim had met 31-year-old Nigel Hunt on a night out at The Spirit nightclub in the city where they took to the dance floor and drank together.

The jury heard that the teenager invited Hunt back to her room but made it plain she did not want to have vaginal sex with him. However, prosecutors said that Hunt went on to rape her a number of times.

Hunt is on trial at Oxford Crown Court accused of sex offences against the girl which happened in October 2021 as well as other sex offences involving another woman who used to be an Oxford student. 

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Hunt is charged with four counts of rape against one alleged victim and one count of both assault by penetration and rape, against another victim.

Prosecutor John Riley told the jury that the defendant and the first victim had met on a night out in Oxford in October 2021.

"She was attending as a student - 18 years of age - and on that evening she went to a nightclub in Oxford called The Spirit with a number of friends. She met a man there.

"She explained she danced with him and he bought her a drink and she had some other drinks.

"When the time came of closing the club, at about 3am, they clearly talked about what would happen next."

Mr Riley told the jury the victim invited the defendant back to her room but explained that she did not want to have vaginal sex.

He added: "She explained to him - either on the walk back or immediately when back at the room, that she did not want to have full vaginal sex with him.

"She was raped vaginally and anally on a number of occasions and orally as well."

The jury heard that there was forensic evidence that confirmed Hunt's semen was found in her body.

The court heard that Hunt, of William Kimber Crescent, Headington, raped another woman - who had returned to Oxford to catch up with some friends because she had been to Oxford as a student previously - in May last year after a night out.

In a police interview played to the jury, the victim of the alleged October 2021 incidents said: "I was drained, I was so overwhelmed - there were so many things going through my head, like why is this happening?"

She described the alleged incident as "the worst hours of my life". 

Hunt - dressed in a navy suit as he sat in the dock - denies the offences.

In a recorded cross-examination, Peter du Feu, defence counsel for Hunt, said to the teenage complainant: "Why did you invite him home?"

The victim responded: "I wanted to just chill and make out.

"I don't have to invite somebody back for sex. That's not the only reason you spend time with someone in private."

The trial continues. 

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