The woman told a court that she felt ‘helpless’ when she was allegedly raped by a Met Police officer – Sergeant Leo Boateng, 45, of Milton Keynes, denies one charge of rape
A woman said she felt “helpless” after she was allegedly raped by a Met Police officer who told her to “just take it”, a court has heard.
Sergeant Leo Boateng, 45, ignored the alleged victim pushing him away in bed before engaging in sexual intercourse for fifteen to twenty minutes, jurors were told. The complainant told officers in an interview with police that she was “surprised” by Boateng’s actions considering his role as a police officer.
Boateng, attached to the Met’s Central West Basic Command, denies raping the woman while off-duty. The woman told officers she felt like “no wasn’t a straightforward answer” for Boateng.
In her video recorded interview played to jurors the woman said sex with Boateng “had got to a point where it was painful, it had gone on for quite a long time and I wanted him to stop”. She said: “I remember a point that morning where I asked him to stop, and a few times I just said ‘stop’, maybe two or three times, and then used my hand to reach back and try and push him backwards off of me, and he didn’t.
“His words were ‘just take it’. After he said that, I didn’t say anything else, I didn’t try . We just continued to have sex.”
The woman said she had “definitely used force to push him backwards”, but that “pushing him lightly would do nothing”. Describing her emotions afterwards, the woman said she “wasn’t angry, just exhausted” and “felt a bit helpless”.
Boateng’s barrister Kevin Baumber asked her if “everything had been consensual” up to the resumption of sexual intercourse. “On that evening, yes”, she answered. Mr Baumber asked: “When it resumes, that too was consensual. That’s right, isn’t it?”. She told jurors: “He began having sex with me again after I said it was painful. I really don’t think that’s consensual.”
“You’re saying you didn’t consent to the resumption?” asked Mr Baumber. “No, I was in pain”, she said. “It was very shortly after it began again that I said stop. After I had asked him to stop because it was painful, I had hoped that would be the conclusion of it entirely. Within minutes he continued having sex with me and very, very shortly after he continued having sex with me – which I was surprised about.”
Mr Baumber said the “easiest option” was for her “to consent to the intercourse”. “I don’t think giving in is quite consent”, the woman replied.
Boateng, of Milton Keynes, Beds, denies one charge of rape. The trial continues.
