"I thought I was going to get raped or something"

Saturday 22 October 2022

A teenager has spoken in Jersey's Royal Court of how she feared she could be raped by a 56-year-old man, accused of a series of sexual assaults.

The witness was one of two teenagers who Ricky Derek Knight is accused of assaulting. He faces 14 charges of indecent assault or committing acts of gross indecency over a five-year period, all of which he denies.

In video evidence, the girl said Mr Knight had put his hand inside her shirt and groped her breasts on numerous occasions.

She described one incident, in which she recalled: "He pinned me down on the floor and pulled up my shirt.

"I thought I was goings to get raped or something."

On another occasion, she alleged, Mr Knight had placed his hand between her legs above her clothing. "He said he was trying to check my pulse," she said.

"He made me very uncomfortable."

On the first day of the trial the court had heard video evidence from an older girl, who said she was made to perform sex acts on him and allow him to perform sex acts on her in return for cigarettes and mobile phone credits.

She took to the witness stand yesterday to face cross-examination from Advocate Adam Harrison, defending. He asked her if she had made allegations because she disliked Mr Knight, or wanted attention, both of which she denied. 

The trial continues.