A WOMAN who claimed she was sexually assaulted by a man in the bathroom of his Belfast apartment told police she thought she was going to die, a jury heard yesterday.
Orhan Kibar is currently on trial, accused of inviting two young women back to his Russell Court apartment at Claremont Street in the early hours of November 25, 2017 and raping them.
The 43-year old has been charged with, and denies, three counts of rape and one count of false imprisonment followed the alleged incident.
A jury at Belfast Crown Court heard the two complainants - who at the time were aged 18 and 19 - both claim they were sexually assaulted by Kibar.
The jury of seven women and five men also heard that Kibar is a Turkish national who has been living in Northern Ireland for "some time."
Opening the Crown case, prosecuting barrister Charles MacCreanor QC said the two friends had been at Queen's Students Union on the evening of November 24, and as the bar closed they left premises around 1.30am.
As they stood on the street, they were approached by a "complete stranger" who started talking to them and invited them back to a party.
They walked with him a short distance to his apartment in Russell Court, and when they entered his flat, they realised there was no party.
Mr MacCreanor said the 18-year was offered a drink and a smoke, while the other woman (19) fell asleep on the settee.
The 18-year old then left the living room, and when she was on the toilet, she said Kibar came into the bathroom and grabbed her. She said he was aggressive, there was a struggle and that during the incident, Kibar pulled down his trousers.
The complainant said Kibar then sexually assaulted her. She later told police she bit him and was finally able to flee the bathroom.
She also told police that during the attack Kibar was saying "nasty", "weird" and "sick" things to her like 'what are you scared of?' and 'do you like this?'
Mr MacCreanor said she fled the apartment and ran into the street and met someone she knew who helped raise the alarm.
Officers arrived at the scene, and were directed to the block of flats by her. As they were trying to locate the right apartment they met the other woman running along the corridor. The young woman pointed police towards the apartment she had come from.
When this second woman was questioned about what happened, she said that after she and her friend went back to Kibar's flat after being at the Students Union, she fell asleep within minutes and 'completely blacked out.'
Mr MacCreanor told the jury: "The next thing is, she woke up and the defendant was naked on top of her, raping her."
The prosecutor said the woman told Kibar she needed to do to the toilet, and that after a few minutes he let her go to the bathroom. When she stepped out he was waiting naked outside and a struggle broke out during which he broke one of her fingers.
Kibar is accused of holding her down and raping her a second time.
Both women were subsequently examined and each were found to have abrasions to their private area. Other injuries were noted, including a broken finger sustained by one of the complainants.
Kibar was arrested and charged with four offences - namely raping the 18-year old and falsely imprisoning her in the bathroom, and also raping the 19-year old twice.
He has denied all four offences.
