The girl told a jury at Northampton Crown Court she had accepted a lift from Robert Rekowski, but instead of taking her home he took her to his house and raped her.

Rekowski, 35, of Bennett Road, Corby, has denied two charges of rape.

At Northampton Crown Court the jury heard that at about 3am on Saturday, October 14, 2007, Rekowski offered the complainant and her two friends a lift home from the Storm nightclub in Corby, where he worked as a glass collector.

The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: "Because there were three of us we thought it would be all right. I thought he was going to drop us off home."

She said Rekowksi began driving the wrong way, but when they tried to tell him he turned the music up and ignored them.

When they arrived at his house she said they told Rekowski they wanted to go home, but she needed to go to the toilet so she went in to the house.

The girl said: "When I came out he'd locked the front door so I couldn't get out. He was saying 'come upstairs' and I said 'no'. He ended up dragging me upstairs."

When they reached the bedroom the teenager said he started kissing her and she pushed him away.

She said: "He started getting aggressive. He was trying to force me down on to the bed."

The court was told she managed to push him off and shout for help, but he hit her across the chin before forcing her back on to the bed and raping her twice.

The teenager said she then heard a male voice outside the room.

She said: "I kept saying to him let me go. Then I remember hitting him in the stomach with a baseball bat and with my stiletto."

The court then heard she struggled to get out but eventually he opened the front door and pushed her out.

The girl and her friends then shared a taxi to one of their houses, and a parent called the police and her mother.

Jonathan Goodman, defending, said Rekowski had not agreed to take them home, but had invited them back to his house and the alleged victim had gone upstairs to his bedroom where they had drunk vodka and then had sex once.

He said this had come to an end when they heard the male voice outside the room and the complainant had got fully dressed and gone downstairs in a panic.


The trial continues.