Lawrence Jones rape trial: Accuser tearfully tells jurors she may have been 'naive' but the impact 'has affected the rest of my life'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA woman who alleged she was drugged and raped by Lawrence Jones tearfully told a jury she may have been 'naive' to go back to his flat but that the impact 'has affected the rest of my life'.
The woman says the founder of UKFast, then a pianist in Manchester hotels, attacked her at his flat in Salford in 1993 after she had gone to his apartment for a drink.
Under cross-examination on the second day of his trial, the woman told a jury at Manchester Crown Court: “Maybe I was naive.
Maybe I was f***ing stupid because what happened after that certainly has affected the rest of my life.” READ MORE: Vile man attacked women at tram stop, in Morrison's car park and on the bus in terrifying 30 minute rampage READ MORE: After 65 years, a Mancunian staple has closed for good The defendant played the piano in hotels in Manchester at the time but went on to found tech firm UKFast.
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