A wheelchair-bound East London woman has painted a disturbing picture of how she was repeatedly assaulted and eventually raped allegedly by her boyfriend. She told the East London high court that on one occasion, before the alleged rape in February 2025, after she had been assaulted, she called the police, who left without arresting her alleged assailant. When the woman, 40, was allegedly raped, her neighbour called the police.
“I didn’t call the police, because when I’d called them after he [allegedly] assaulted me with a padlock, the police responded and left him at the scene,” the woman said tearfully. “He has assaulted me many times to such an extent that even my teeth have been damaged. “He even assaulted me with a glass in my face — I have a scar — and he nearly took out my eye.” The accused sat in the dock on Thursday as his former partner testified.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, kidnapping, rape and sexual assault. It is the state’s case that in March 2024, the man argued with the woman about a shirt she was wearing and ordered her to take it off since it belonged to him. She complied. However, it is alleged the accused, who is in custody, hit the woman and the following morning left her locked in their house.
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