Couple heard ‘laughing and giggling’ at alleged rape scene
A MAN has told a court that he heard giggling and laughing, and sounds of sex, coming from a flat where a woman claims she was raped by two footballers.
Clifford Wilson later told police that the woman he heard in the neighbouring house did not sound distressed, and added: “It sounded like they were having normal sex.”
Mr Wilson, 59, lived above the flat in Greig Crescent, Armadale, in West Lothian, where it is alleged former Scotland striker David Goodwillie and his ex-Dundee United teammate David Robertson assaulted a woman in the early hours of January 2 in 2011.
Both men deny the allegation and maintain that intercourse was consensual. Neither was prosecuted.
The 30-year-old woman is suing both players in a civil damages action at the Court of Session in Edinburgh after raising a £500,000 claim. The court was told agreement had been reached on the amount of damages to be paid if she succeeds. The sum was not disclosed.
Mr Wilson told the court that he suffered from a spinal condition, which can disturb his sleep.
He said on the afternoon of January 1 he had gone to the pub before returning home, having his dinner and watching TV until 2am.
He said he heard the door of the downstairs flat and heard a male and a female. “They were talking, laughing and giggling,” he said.
He told Mr Goodwillie’s counsel, Dorothy Bain QC, that he could make out both male and female voices, and said: “I just thought there was maybe two.”
Mr Wilson told officers that before that he thought they were having sex. He said the male was grunting andthewomanwasmaking noises and was giggling again.
Mr Wilson said he had heard both male and female voices and said “they were speaking OK”.
In the action, the woman claims that she was incapable because of the effect of alcohol of giving free agreement at the time that sex took place.
The hearing continues.