Alleged rape victim in Bravos trial more ‘embarrassed’ than upset, court hears
A WOMAN allegedly raped by former NT Police Assistant Commissioner Peter Bravos appeared more ‘embarrassed’ than upset when she told a colleague about the incident the next day, a court has heard
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A WOMAN allegedly raped by former NT Police Assistant Commissioner Peter Bravos appeared more “embarrassed” than upset when she told a colleague about the incident the next day, a court has heard.
A WOMAN allegedly raped by former NT Police Assistant Commissioner Peter Bravos appeared more “embarrassed” than upset when she told a colleague about the incident the next day, a court has heard.
Bravos has pleaded not guilty in the Supreme Court to two counts of rape dating back to an incident at his home following a boozy emergency services ball in 2004.
In giving evidence in the trial today, detective senior constable Katherine Crawley told the court the woman told her “she’d had sex with Peter at his house at some stage after the ball”.
“She didn’t seem upset, maybe, I guess, slightly embarrassed,” she said.
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Under cross examination by Bravos’ barrister, John Lawrence SC, about a statement she gave to investigating police in 2016 Sr Const. Crawley agreed she had asked the woman “how big his member was” and that she had told her he was “well endowed”.
Clinical psychologist Janette Isherwood-Hicks, who treated the woman the day after the ball, was next to take the stand, reading from her notes taken during that session.
“(She) said she went to a ball last night on her own, (she) said she ended up in bed with Pete … (she) advised sexual intercourse occurred and now she needs to obtain the morning after pill,” Dr Isherwood-Hicks said.
When questioned by Mr Lawrence about whether the woman mentioned being sexually assaulted, Dr Isherwood-Hicks said she would have “certainly” written that down and it would have become the focus of the session, which didn’t happen.
The woman’s friend, Viki Kane, also gave evidence, saying she had called her early on the morning after the alleged rapes and asked her to meet her in a park to bring her some clothes and lend her money.
Ms Kane said she found the woman “deeply upset” and wearing an oversized T-shirt and she asked her to buy the morning after pill for her, which she did.
When the woman came to return to clothing and money a few days later, Ms Kane said she told her she was “very disappointed that the story had got out”.
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“The main words she used there were ‘Looks like I’m going to have to wear this one’,” she said.
The trial continues tomorrow.
Originally published as Alleged rape victim in Bravos trial more ‘embarrassed’ than upset, court hears