A reveller told of how he was chatted up in a nightclub up by a police officer and former Mr Gay UK who then raped him in a hotel room.

The trial of PC Mark Carter, 28, of Station Lane, Birkenshaw, Bradford, was shown a recording of an interview with the complainant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, a day after the alleged incident, at Leeds Crown Court yesterday.

The West Yorkshire Police officer is charged with sexually assaulting three men and raping a fourth on December 18, 2009.

He caused friction between the alleged rape victim and the man’s boyfriend when he made a pass at the complainant in The Loft at Queens Court, Leeds, on December 18, 2009, it was claimed.

Later, on the dance floor, it was claimed Carter urged the man to ditch his boyfriend and told him he had booked a room at the Etap Hotel in Leeds.

The complainant, who claimed he was drunk, said they swapped mobile phone numbers before he left the nightspot upset, only to return because his boyfriend needed to use the toilet. He sat down, he said, and was approached again by Carter who squeezed his leg as they talked.

The complainant said he lost his boyfriend and could not hear his phone calls because the music was loud so he left with Carter.

He thought it would be a good idea to accompany Carter to the Etap because it was close to the bus station.

The court heard how Carter was acting drunk on his way to the hotel and the complainant was propping open the door of the room to help him inside when Carter grabbed him by the hair, pulling him inside.

The complaint said he did not understand what was going on so he used the toilet. He said: “He was acting so much differently.

“I just thought he was really drunk and needed help getting back. He got undressed and at first I just stood there. Then he sort of summoned me to come over and at this point I thought I know what’s going on and I thought I need to diffuse it somehow.

“He ripped my shirt open and he just patted on the bed. Because he had done that I started to really freak out and I just remember thinking ‘just do what he wants’ because at the end of the day he has just locked the door and there is no way he is going to let me go.”

Carter then grabbed him by the hair and made him perform a sex act, he said. He was punched twice and hoped Carter would go to sleep, but instead he raped him, he said.

The trial continues.

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