Lawrence Jones trial: Accuser told police she thought UKFast founder was 'serial rapist', court hears
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA woman who alleged she was drugged and raped by Lawrence Jones in his flat in Salford in 1993 told a jury she went to the police because she thought the UKFast founder was a 'serial rapist'.
The woman says she was aged in her early 20s when she was attacked by Mr Jones around the time he was playing piano in hotels across Manchester in his mid 20s, before he launched the tech firm.
Mr Jones, 55, of Brooks Drive in Hale Barns, denies allegations he 'stupefied' two women with drugs and then raped them separately at his flat in Salford. READ MORE: Armed police deployed to Piccadilly Gardens to tackle 'negative perceptions' READ MORE: Evil couple 'shut elderly parents away' and swindled £117k to pay for fancy holidays and designer bags On the third day of his trial at Manchester Crown Court on Thursday, the jury of six men and six women watched a video interview police conducted with the defendant's second accuser, referred to in press reports as Woman B.
She described how Mr Jones encouraged her to sniff from a medicine bottle which made her feel 'instantly really really sleepy' before he allegedly raped her.
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