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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Husband tracks down alleged r*pist on Facebook ten years after his wife was attacked
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| A husband used Facebook to track down a man who allegedly r**ped his wife as a schoolgirl after she broke down and told him about her ordeal, a court heard. The alleged victim's spouse confronted Andrew Marsh, now 38, by pretending to plan a surprise party for his wife via the social networking site. Married greengrocer Marsh, of Rochester, Kent, was arrested and charged with raping the woman in an alleyway 10 years ago when she was a schoolgirl and he was 27, after her husband convinced her to finally report the historic alleged rape to police. Maidstone Crown Court heard the alleged victim - who cannot be named for legal reasons - only entrusted her husband with the rape claims during a talk about the lack of intimacy in their relationship. She told him she had a relationship with Marsh which had started as just cuddling and kissing after school but ended with him allegedly raping her against a wall. The court heard the frightened girl went home and told no-one of the alleged abuse until she broke down and told her husband last year. The jury was told that the wife feared her marriage was on the verge of collapse and eventually told her husband Marsh’s name because he kept 'badgering' her. Her revelation prompted her horrified husband - who also cannot be named - to use the social networking site to speak to old friends and track down Marsh’s phone number. He contacted the alleged r**pist and visited him at his home where he attacked him. Police were then alerted to the r**pe allegations, the court heard. The jury heard the alleged r**pe victim says she had never thought about telling the police about her claims until her husband encouraged her to do it. The alleged victim told the court: 'I didn’t want to tell him who he was because I was scared what he would do. 'He told me I had to call the police otherwise he would be prosecuted for assault.' Marsh, of Rochester, Kent, denies r**pe and indecent assault between February and March 2001. |
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