The victim was the first to give evidence in the trial, telling of how she was confronted by two men as she made her way to her car after having been in the town fair the night of October 3, 2004. She told of how the men bundled her into her car while she punched out at them, they then drove her to a nearby open area. The victim went on to say how she could remember no more of what happened except for lying on the ground with a man on top of her, but she affirmed that at no time did she manifest any desire to maintain sexual relations with any of the men. When she recovered consciousness she was at the wheel of her car and she returned home at about 7.00 a.m. with injuries and scratches and without her underwear, after which she went to the police to report the crime.
The accused deny having raped the young woman, one of them, identified by his initials J.C.Z.V., claiming that the sexual relations were consensual, adding that he couldn't remember if she had objected as he was drunk and confirmed that he had let her go when she bit him on the mouth so that he would leave her alone. The next morning the two men left the flat they were sharing with others in Albox because they had heard that there were rumours in the town that they had raped a girl and were afraid of being arrested despite maintaining their innocence.
The lawyer representing the victim is asking the judge to sentence the accused to 37 years each in prison for holding a person against their will, rape, robbery with intimidation and serious bodily harm.
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