Huddersfield man David Bentley alleged to have raped Bradford teen
A SCHOOLGIRL told her teachers she had been raped by a middle-aged man who gave her a sexual nickname, a court heard.
David Bentley, of Bath Street, Huddersfield, is accused of twice raping the Bradford girl when she was 15.
The man, a father, appeared at the trial at Bradford Crown Court yesterday after pleading not guilty.
The court heard how teachers at the teenager’s school raised the alarm when the girl told them she had sex with Bentley.
In a statement from one of the teachers she said: “She didn’t cry but was very serious– I knew she was telling the truth.”
The girl, now 16, was said to have a mental age of five after being injured in a car crash when she was two.
One teacher said two of the girl’s friends went to tell teachers the girl had told them she had sex with Bentley.
The teacher said she confronted the girl, who initially denied it because she was afraid what her mum would think.
But after being reassured she wouldn’t get into trouble she said Bentley had made her have sex with him.
She also said the 50-year-old had given her a sexual nickname.
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