A rugby participant and cheerleader despatched a photograph of his penis to a 15-year-old lady and requested her for nude images earlier than he allegedly sexually assaulted her in his automotive, a court docket has been informed.
Connor Lind, 23, is going through trial in Sydney‘s Downing Centre District Court docket after denying he engaged in sexual acts with a 14-year-old lady and a 15-year-old lady.
He has pleaded not responsible to 4 counts of getting sexual activity with a toddler and one rely of deliberately sexually touching a toddler.
On Monday, the jury was informed Mr Lind had despatched a photograph of his penis to the 15-year-old lady and requested her for nude images of herself earlier than he allegedly sexually assaulted her.
23-year-old Connor Lind confronted the fees at Sydney ‘s Downing Centre District Court docket
In her prerecorded testimony performed to the court docket on Monday, the then-teen mentioned she had acquired the image on Snapchat.
‘I used to be shocked,’ she mentioned.
‘I did not anticipate it.’
The complainant mentioned she could not keep in mind ever ‘being flirtatious, purposely flirtatious, in the direction of (Mr Lind).’
The court docket was informed the 15-year-old later discovered herself alone in a automotive with Mr Lind, who she claims kissed her and put his hand down her pants.
She mentioned the then-20-year-old had touched her vagina and provided to tug down her underwear earlier than asking her for ‘only one lick’.
‘Please,’ the complainant mentioned Mr Lind requested her.
She informed police ‘I used to be similar to ‘no’, and it saved going’ in an interview referenced in court docket.
When pressed by Mr Lind’s barrister Lisa-Claire Hutchinson on whether or not she had verbally objected, the complainant remained adamant she had mentioned ‘no’ greater than as soon as.
‘I mentioned no however I can not keep in mind what number of occasions,’ the complainant mentioned.
She mentioned she afterwards regretted not bodily intervening by doing one thing like ‘pushing him away’ when Mr Lind touched her.
‘Wanting again and realising what occurred, I felt sick and I regretted all the pieces,’ the complainant defined.
Mr Lind was 20 years outdated on the time of the alleged incidents with the teenage lady
Mr Lind together with his barrister Lisa-Claire Hutchinson outdoors of court docket as we speak
The 15-year-old had been a ‘bit tipsy’ however ‘not drunk’ on the time of the alleged sexual acts, her pal informed the court docket.
The pal mentioned the complainant informed her later that evening that she and Mr Lind had ‘attached’ in his automotive and confirmed a hickey on her ‘decrease chest’ as proof.
The complainant testified she had informed her buddies that she mentioned ‘no’ to Mr Lind’s alleged sexual advances, however her pal mentioned she could not keep in mind that element of their dialog.
The pal agreed with Ms Hutchinson’s strategies that she most likely would have remembered the complainant telling her the intercourse acts have been non-consensual and it might have prompted her to inform a dad or mum.
The complainant had been ‘fairly impartial’ when telling her buddies concerning the alleged sexual acts with Mr Lind, her pal informed the court docket.
Mr Lind has denied having any sexual contact with the 15-year-old or a 14-year-old lady with whom he’s accused of getting intercourse.
The Crown prosecution alleges he engaged in anal, oral and digital intercourse with the underage lady when he was 19 years outdated.
Mr Lind can also be accused of placing his hand down the 14-year-old lady’s pants whereas they have been spooning on the sofa at his dad and mom’ home.
A witness informed the court docket that they had been having a sleepover when she ‘heard noises’ and appeared over to see Mr Lind’s hand between the lady’s legs.
The trial will proceed on the Downing Centre District Court docket on Tuesday
In texts learn out in court docket, the witness informed her mum that the 14-year-old was ‘on high of him’ earlier than telling her ‘he is acquired his fingers down her pants’.
‘I can hear s**t. I am shaking,’ she wrote.
Her mom responded it was ‘twisted’ and got here to gather her.
Mr Lind was arrested at Sutherland Police Station in August 2021 and doesn’t deny figuring out that the ladies have been 14 and 15 on the time.
Ms Hutchinson has argued that on the time her shopper was a promising rugby union participant and college pupil and he had ‘each purpose to uphold the legislation’.
The trial will proceed earlier than Decide John Pickering on Tuesday.
