Man is held over attack on girl, 12
POLICE have arrested a man after CCTV footage showed a 12-year-old girl in a violent struggle with a robber as he attempted to swipe her mobile phone.
The video showed the moment the girl resisted her attacker in Derby before he eventually ran off with her rose gold iPhone 6s.
A 22-year-old local man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of robbery and is to be questioned, Derbyshire Police said.
The dramatic footage shows the schoolgirl put up a fight as she kept hold of her phone even after she was dragged to the floor.
The girl was on her way home to her mother at 4.40pm on Sunday after she had been sent on an errand to the local shops.
Police are searching for witnesses.
The court heard how Olding was arrested an hour after the woman’s interview concluded.
He had voluntarily attended the police station in Belfast.
In his account to police, Olding said that the complainant had performed oral sex on him and had his penis in her mouth.
Mr O’Donoghue was cross-examining a Police Service of Northern Ireland detective who had been monitoring the interview.
His client had been very clear about what happened but insisted it was consensual, said Mr O’Donoghue.
He went on: “He accepted that primary fact, that it lasted for about five minutes.
“He did say that she asked them, Mr Jackson and Mr Olding, to go and get condoms?”
The officer said: “I recall that being mentioned.”
Mr O’Donoghue said: “He said he ejaculated? He ejaculated but not in her mouth.”
The barrister suggested that, according to Olding, while giving oral sex, the woman had been on her knees.
She had also taken off her own top, he put it to the court.
“He ejaculated on his own stomach,” said Mr O’Donoghue.
“He wiped himself with toilet roll, not in the bedroom but in an adjoining bathroom?”
The officer replied: “Yes.”
Later the detective was asked about a statement taken from Dara Florence, a girl who walked into the room during the alleged rape.
Mr O’Donoghue said: “She described it as a threesome. She never described in any of that statement obvious forcing?”
The officer said: “No, she never.”
When questioned about any obvious inconsistencies between the accounts provided by Ms Florence and Olding the officer added: “I believe Mr Olding had said (the complainant) had her top off but had her trousers on and Dara had said she was entirely naked.”
Paddy Jackson, 26, and his Ireland and Ulster teammate Stuart Olding, 24, both of Belfast, deny raping the same woman at a house in June 2016.
Jackson denies a further charge of sexual assault.
Blane McIlroy, 26, denies exposure and Rory Harrison, 25, denies perverting the course of justice.
The case continues.