Woman to stand by ‘good man’ fiance

The court heard Carey, who has a good work record and is a musician, met his fiancee just before he was intervieewed over the rape allegation and she is prepared to stand by him.

The woman, who is a civil servant with 25 years’ service with HMRC, filed a statement to the court about her rapist fiance. She said: “Even though Gavin is much younger than myself, he is very mature. He has family values, is hard-working and will help anyone.”

The woman said she is a “good judge of character”.

She added: “I lost my only sibling, a brother, in 2006. No one has sincerely protected and looked after me in the way my brother did until Gavin came into my life.

““He has never hurt me or been violent. He is a gentleman and very loving.

“He looks up to his father and grandparents. His family are good people.

“If Gavin wasn’t in my life I would be heartbroken, plans to marry and have babies would be ruined.

“I would hope if Gavin was a bad person, I would have seen signs of that by now. Gavin means everything to me and that is why I am committed to him.

“I will stand by him for good reason, he is a good man.”