Court hears of rape ordeal.A YOUNG girl, alleged to have been raped and sexually assaulted, wept as she described the ordeals to Coventry Crown Court. The girl, who was seven at the time of the alleged incidents, was giving evidence via a live video link up on the second day of the trial yesterday. She said "something bad" had happened to her as she and her sister were being looked after while their mother was at work. David Andrew Salisbury, of Piccadilly, Kingsbury, north Warwickshire For the parliamentary constituency, see . North Warwickshire is a local government district and borough in Warwickshire, England. The main town in the district is Atherstone where the council is based. Other significant places include Coleshill, Polesworth and Kingsbury. , denies two charges of rape between 1995 and 1997 and four counts of indecently in·de·cent adj. 1. Offensive to good taste; unseemly. 2. Offensive to public moral values; immodest. See Synonyms at improper. in·de assaulting the girl between August 1994 and December 1998. Salisbury, aged 33, who was living at Polesworth, near Atherstone at the time of the alleged assaults, also denies two charges of indecently assaulting the girl's younger sister during 1995 and 1997. The court was shown a video of the girl talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to a police officer and social worker. In a live link up she was then questioned by Sybil Thomas, prosecuting, and Roger Smith QC, defending. She described how Salisbury allegedly called her and then the younger girl into the bedroom at night and on one occasion during the day. Another incident is alleged to have taken place as she went to the toilet. She also described how lorry driver lorry driver n → camionero/a lorry driver lorry n (Brit) → camionneur m, routier m lorry driver Salisbury allegedly indecently assaulted her in a layby on a trip to Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. . The case continues. |
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