Teenager accused of raping woman (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Teenager accused of raping woman

10:34am Wednesday 28th October 2009 in

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A teenager is accused of raping a young woman after locking her in a Bradford flat and threatening to blow it up during a terrifying nine-hour ordeal, a court heard.

Shohidul Islam, 18, brandished a knife at the girl and said he would set alight what she believed to be petrol, a jury at Bradford Crown Court was told yesterday.

Islam had taken the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, to a “dirty and smelly” flat above a snooker hall in Birch Lane, West Bowling, Bradford, before locking the door behind them, prosecutor Simon Phillips said.

“This was to be the beginning of a lengthy ordeal lasting about nine hours, during which, he detained her in that flat. He threatened her and raped her,” he said.

In police interview, Islam, of Hillcote Drive, West Bowling, denied threatening the girl with a blade and said he did not know whether a substance in the can was petrol. He has pleaded not guilty to a charge of rape and a charge of false imprisonment.

The trial continues.