Royal Navy officer, 28, accused of raping a female sailor claims she 'took the lead' and rubbed her breasts in his face during a lap dance

  • Naval officer went back to woman's hotel room when they were in Bahrain
  • He is accused of raping her after they discussed bondage and 'safe words'
  • But 28-year-old insists the allegations were false and the sex was consensual
  • He told a military court that the woman had performed a lap dance for him 

Lt Nicholas Robinson denied raping a female sailor when he appeared in the dock at a military court today

Lt Nicholas Robinson denied raping a female sailor when he appeared in the dock at a military court today

A Royal Navy officer has denied raping a female sailor, claiming she 'took the lead' and performed a lap dance for him.

Lieutenant Nicholas Robinson, based at Abbey Wood, Bristol, is on trial for rape and sexual assault at Portsmouth Military Court.

The 28-year-old is accused of carrying out the sex attack in a Radisson Blu hotel in Bahrain, when his ship was in the Middle East.

But he told the military court today that the woman had offered him a lap-dance and removed her clothes after they went to the hotel room.

The court has heard that the pair ended up in the room after going to a party which was attended by scores of Navy personnel.

Lt Robinson had intended to return to his frigate, which was docked there, but instead decided to go to an after-party at the hotel where his alleged victim was staying.

He phoned his ship from the woman's room just before his curfew, to say he would not be back, the court heard.

Lt Robinson said: '[She] offered to let me stay the night in her room, but I did not take it as a sexual promise at the time.

'After calling the ship from her room and telling the quartermaster I would not be returning that night we both sat on the edge of her bed and began chatting about our lives.

'She offered to give me a lap dance in her room. She was taking the lead during what happened between us.'

Nicholas Robinson, who is based at Abbey Wood in Bristol, was accused of carrying out a sex attack in a Radisson Blu hotel in Bahrain (pictured), when his ship was in the Middle East 

The alleged attack is said to have happened in Bahrain when Lt Robinson's ship was in dock in the Middle Eastern country

He said the woman then performed what was called a 'special dance' for him, during which she undressed and 'rubbed her breasts in my face'. He said they then had sex.

He added: 'At no point did she say no or ask me to stop.'

The prosecution say sex was not consensual and Robinson forced himself on her after the pair had discussed bondage sex and so-called 'safe words'.

She claims he pinned her down and had sex with her before they fell asleep in her room. The court heard that she awoke in the morning to find him raping her for a second time.

The woman says she only performed the first lap dance for him because he had promised to stop making further sexual advances if she did so.

However, Lt Robinson denied her claims he demanded a lap dance or had discussed 'safe words', insisting sex on both occasions was consensual.

The pair went back to the woman's hotel room before the alleged sex attack. File photo

The pair went back to the woman's hotel room before the alleged sex attack. File photo

He said: 'We did not have a conversation about safe words or submissive sex, it didn't happen.

'She was consenting throughout the sex and then after we had both been to the bathroom once it finished we spooned in bed before falling to sleep.

'The next morning I woke up and went to the bathroom and when I came out she was sat up in bed.

'After kissing, things progressed and we had sex again before I left to head back to the ship.'

Robinson denies three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault by penetration against the woman. The trial continues.

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