AN RAF sergeant has gone on trial accused of raping a colleague at an Oxfordshire airbase.

Stewart Fryatt, who was stationed at RAF Benson, denies one count of rape and one count of a serious sexual assault.

Jurors at Oxford Crown Court were yesterday told the 38-year-old defendant forced himself on a woman after the pair left an on-site bar.

Prosecutor Nadia Chbat said the alleged victim was in an alleyway moments before Fryatt approached her, pushed her against a wall, sexually assaulted her and then raped her.

Miss Chbat said father-of-one Fryatt admitted having consensual sex with the woman and told police he “found the encounter quite erotic”.

In a video interview played in court, the woman admitted drinking “seven or eight cans of Strongbow” between 1.30pm and some time after 10pm on March 19 when she said the incident took place.

She said Fryatt had agreed to help her find the outside toilets, as there were none in the bar, but the pair discovered the facilities were locked.

After she went to urinate in an alley, she said the defendant, who was acting as look-out, approached her and pushed her back.

She said: “I told him to get off me, (I said) ‘what are you doing?’”

She said the incident lasted “probably a couple of minutes, if that” and described being “a bit shocked, I didn’t really know what was going on”.

The woman said she pulled her trousers up and walked back into the bar and Fryatt followed.

She said she finished her drink and stayed in the bar for another half an hour, during which time she said Fryatt “kept tapping me and saying ‘are you all right?’”

Fryatt then left the bar and the woman departed 10 minutes later before breaking down in tears in her room and telling her friends what had happened, the jury heard.

In cross-examination from defence barrister Claire Fraser, the complainant said she had no memory of sitting on Fryatt’s knee during the evening, but admitted she “must have” spoken to him in the bar after the alleged rape.

Miss Fraser said: “There was chatting and there was flirting between the two of you.”

“No,” replied the witness, “there was no flirting. I spoke to him but not as much as that.”

The woman, who admitted that Fryatt had not hurt her or ripped her clothes, was then asked: “You didn’t push him away, you didn’t punch him, you didn’t bite him, you didn’t do anything did you?”

She answered: “I just asked him to leave me alone.”

The trial continues.