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Rescuer denies raping runaway

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South London Press

Rescuer denies raping runaway

Jan 9 2004

A SEX attacker posed as a Good Samaritan to rape a teenage runaway minutes after rescuing her from a mugger, a court was told this week.

The girl believed Neil Kinch, 18, from Wal-worth, was trying to protect her when he retrieved her bag from a thug, the court heard.

But it is alleged he later lifted up her skirt in a stairwell and forced himself on her.

A jury at Southwark Crown Court heard on Wednesday how the girl had run away from her South London home a few days before the alleged attack.

She was out with friends on May 4 last year when she was approached by Kinch and his pals, the court was told.

One of Kinch's group made an obscene comment before running off with the girl's bag. Six-foot Kinch chased the boy and retrieved the bag before inviting the girl to flats in the Kennington area.

Prosecutor Tyrone Belger said: "She thought he was trying to protect her from what had happened and avoid the other boys hitting her. In other words she was quite content to go the flats.

"When they got to those flats things turned plainly nasty within a short space of time.

"She tried to stop him. He said 'Don't struggle or I will blow you', meaning hit you or hurt you, but she thought it meant violence caused with a gun. She became very frightened and no longer struggled."

Mr Belger said Kinch forced the girl on to the stairwell and raped her.

Jurors heard how after the attack, Kinch told his victim to stay where she was while he went to get his car. But she immediately ran and told a passer-by what had happened.

Kinch was arrested hours later but claimed sex with the girl was consensual.

Kinch, of Wesley Close, Walworth, denies rape on May 4 last year.

The trial continues.

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