Durham University student denies three counts of rape
A student who denies raping a drunken undergraduate texted her three days later and said he felt "shady'' and "worried'', a jury has heard.
Alistair Cooke, 22, who studied geography at Durham University, denies three counts of rape on the same woman following a house party in June last year.
The third year, from Perranarworthal, Truro, Cornwall, is accused of following the woman home from the party and finding her asleep on the couch, taking her to bed and asking if she knew his name before allegedly raping her.
Cooke was a volunteer with the Nightline student advice service and during his training he role-played being accused of raping a drunken woman after following her home, Durham Crown Court heard.
Words he used during the training session were similar to his real-life response to being accused of raping the woman after the party, the jury was told.
The complainant, who gave evidence from behind a screen in the witness box, has accused Cooke of raping her when she was very drunk.
She told the jury she can only remember him putting on a condom.
At 5pm the following evening she texted him to say she was still drunk.
During an exchange of messages which were read to the jury by Shaun Dodds, prosecuting, Cooke said he hoped he could keep in contact with her.
Two days after the alleged rape, the woman texted Cooke saying: "You hurt me.''
He replied: "I am really worried about you. Please tell me what's going through your mind. I have never wanted to hurt you and I feel awful that is how you feel.''
The following day she asked him to relate what had happened, and he told her the events that led up to them having safe sex.
The accuser, referring to his question after he had walked into her student house, asked: "Why did you ask who you were?''
He said: "Because I was not sure how awake/aware you were. I wanted to be sure.''
She replied: "And you don't think there's anything wrong with any of that, given the state I was in?''
Cooke answered: "At the time I definitely was not in a clear state of mind but never felt I got any signals for (sic) you that it was wrong. Now I feel shady and more in the grey and that makes me worried and a bit sick.''
The woman texted: "So you let yourself into my house when everyone was asleep, checked I was awake or aware enough to say who you were. (After coaxing) and then moved me to my bed to have sex and now you are starting to feel it's a bit shady.''
Cooke replied that he was drinking with friends and would reply when he was sober, the jury heard.
Later on the day she alleged she was raped, the woman texted a friend: "I know I had sex with someone and I very much didn't want to. I think they thought I was into it.''
She also texted another friend and asked how drunk she had been at the party.
The friend replied that the woman had been unable to walk or have a coherent discussion, the jury was told.
The trial continues.