Andrew Dadley: Alleged rape victim feared she might fall pregnant
The friend of a female firefighter who has accused a senior officer of raping her has told how she found the woman shaking and with red eyes after the alleged incident, claiming she feared she had been impregnated.
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- Alleged rape victim testifies against fire chief at trial
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A female firefighter told a friend who was comforting her after she was allegedly raped by a senior fire official she feared she might fall pregnant, a court has heard.
Superintended Andrew Thomas Dadley has pleaded not guilty to twice raping the woman and indecently assaulting her following a Christmas party on December 9, 2016.
Dadley was invited to “crash” in a spare bed at the woman’s unit in the hours after the party, along with another friend who opted to sleep on the couch.
He denies allegations that the woman woke to Dadley having sex with her before carrying her to another room while she was in a “dreamlike state” and raping her again.
A friend of the woman gave evidence at Dadley’s District Court trial on Friday that she received a call at 3.54am asking her to come over.
“I saw (her) sitting at the end of the lounge. She was shaking and had red eyes,” she said.
“She said, ‘He raped me’. She did say at the time, ‘Oh god I hope I’m not pregnant’.”
Earlier firefighter Adam Richards told the court Dadley did not immediately accept the woman’s offer to stay at her apartment as the group was leaving the party venue.
The woman alleges she thought she was dreaming when she woke between 3am and 3.30am to find the 44-year-old on top of her, forcing him out of the apartment when she realised “it was real”.
Mr Richards said Dadley was wearing a shirt and some form of pants when he was “frog marched” down the hall by the “naked” alleged victim, but couldn’t recall “whether they were boxers or trousers”.
Dadley was “fairly calm” when he returned to the unit to retrieve two mobile phones he’d left behind after he was forced to leave, the court heard.
“He did want to speak to her, he did have a very reasoning tone …” he said. “I suggested it wasn’t a good time.”
Mr Richards told the court Dadley called him the next day to see if he had “heard anything” from the woman, but he did not ask questions about the incident.
“He said ‘Do you know what happened?’ He said he was asleep one minute and the next thing he knew (the woman) was kicking him,” Mr Richards said.
“I don’t know what happened (in the bedrooms).”
The trial continues before Judge James Bennett.