The women met (him) in (an) exclusive nightclub...(He) had known the 24-year-old for around seven months...(He) invited the(m) to join him at his private table and bought both women a round of drinks.

The three went back to his apartment, where he offered them vodka before taking the 24-year-old into the bedroom for sex...(H)e had gone to wake the young woman to offer her a T-shirt to sleep in, or to offer to pay for a taxi home, but she pulled him on top of her and placed his hand between her legs...(He) said he might have fallen on top of the teenager while his penis was poking out the top of his underwear...

The (18-year-old) claimed she woke in the early hours of the morning to find (him) on top of her, forcing himself inside her.

The prosecut(or) had told the court: 'She said "what are you doing?" he said "it's fine" indicating that her friend was asleep. She got up to find her friend, tried to wake her but couldn't, she then tried to get out of the flat as quickly as she could...In her evidence, the complainant claimed she had pushed him off her...She said she fled the flat but did not call the police immediately because she did not want to 'aggravate the situation'...