Teen in tears after alleged rape by security guard

A 19-year-old was in tears when she met her friends after allegedly being raped by a Heaven nightclub security guard, a court has heard.

Morenikeji Adewole, 47, from Dartford, Kent, is denies raping the woman in the early hours of 1 November last year.

Southwark Crown Court heard the woman had been drinking vodka mixers with friends and that she had been denied entry to the nightclub because she was too intoxicated.

Prosecutor Marion Smullen told jurors for a person to consent to sexual intercourse, "they had to have capacity - a drunken consent can still be consent - however, if a complainant was so intoxicated that she was in no position to give a proper consent, that is not consent".

In court, a friend of the teenager who was also rejected entry to the nightclub described himself being "eight out of 10" on a scale of intoxication, meaning "very, very drunk".

He told jurors a security guard walked them to nearby Buckingham Street to sober up and the he sent with his friend on some steps while the guard stood by.

The teenager only stayed there for about "30 seconds" because she needed the bathroom, he told the court, adding that the security guard pointed her towards one.

She left her phone, bag and coat with him the university student said. He added he waited at the steps with the guard for about 30 minutes before she returned.

Asked if he ed the guard leaving at any point, he said he "might have gone off for a bit" but "most of the time he was with me".

When she came back, the friends had a "jokey" conversation and the young man said he asked "did you probably sleep with someone":[]}