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N alleged victim of Corrie star Bill Roache said she “hates” the actor after he assaulted her when she was a teenager.
FIGURE OF HATE: William Roache arrives at court
with son Linus, left, and daughter Verity. A woman claims the actor
forced her to perform a sex act on him while he gave her a lift home in
his Rolls-Royce
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, added that she felt a “coward” for not coming forward sooner.
She claims the actor forced her to perform a sex act on him while he gave her a lift home in his Rolls-Royce.
The alleged incident is said to have happened between June 1968 and September 1971.
Jurors at Preston Crown Court heard she contacted police on May 1 last year on the day that it emerged Roache had been arrested on suspicion of raping a young girl.
She said: "She [The first alleged victim] made me feel a coward because she came forward first. She had guts to do it. She was brave enough to do it.”
Roache, 81, of Wilmslow, Cheshire, denies two counts of rape and five counts of indecent assault involving five complainants aged 16 and under on dates between 1965 and 1971.
Earlier, in a police interview played to the court, the woman said she was with a friend autograph-hunting outside Granada Studios in Manchester when Roache offered them a lift home in his Silver Cloud Rolls.
She said she "froze" after Roache "fumbled with his flies" and then pulled her hand to his lap.
She added that she was "absolutely petrified".
"You feel stupid because you had been in that position weeks ago.”
ACCUSED: The woman said she 'hates' Bill Roache after the alleged abuse
"That was the second time I actually met or had dealings with William Roache. The first time we went with my sister."
Her sister has previously given evidence about a separate incident.
When she got out of the car she was offered half a crown for the bus ride home.
She said she told her friend: "God, (name). Did you see what happened then? I'm sure she said 'Yes'. "I said 'I can't believe it'."
Years later she said she told her husband about the incident.
The witness has previously claimed that Mr Buswell sexually propositioned her when she and her sister had been invited to Granada Studios.
She eventually confided to her husband about both incidents and he urged her to do something about it but she refused.
The officer asked: "How do you feel about it now?" "I hate him," she said.
"Hate is a very strong word... you are angry," said the officer.
"Yes," she said. Giving evidence to Miss Whyte, she said a television interview that Roache had given had "really annoyed her".
"He said young girls who were going through this, they are being punished from a previous life... something they had done. That really annoyed me."
She said her husband remarked that Roache was "nuts" and added: "Who is he to judge?" Miss Whyte asked the witness if any other comments by the defendant had affected her.
The complainant replied: "He said girls were always hanging around the studios and they were throwing themselves at them... star-struck.
"The girls that we saw were like us. I can never say that I saw any girls throwing themselves at anyone. "There were actually boys there as well."
Jurors were also told that the witness had been approached at her home by a reporter from The Sun in the days after she reported the matter to the police - and for a second time after she was interviewed by the police.
The complainant said she told the reporter she was not interested in money. She said: "No amount of money will clear up what we have been through in the last few months."
FIGURE OF HATE: William Roache arrives at court
with son Linus, left, and daughter Verity. A woman claims the actor
forced her to perform a sex act on him while he gave her a lift home in
his Rolls-RoyceShe claims the actor forced her to perform a sex act on him while he gave her a lift home in his Rolls-Royce.
The alleged incident is said to have happened between June 1968 and September 1971.
Jurors at Preston Crown Court heard she contacted police on May 1 last year on the day that it emerged Roache had been arrested on suspicion of raping a young girl.
She said: "She [The first alleged victim] made me feel a coward because she came forward first. She had guts to do it. She was brave enough to do it.”
Roache, 81, of Wilmslow, Cheshire, denies two counts of rape and five counts of indecent assault involving five complainants aged 16 and under on dates between 1965 and 1971.
Earlier, in a police interview played to the court, the woman said she was with a friend autograph-hunting outside Granada Studios in Manchester when Roache offered them a lift home in his Silver Cloud Rolls.
She said she "froze" after Roache "fumbled with his flies" and then pulled her hand to his lap.
She added that she was "absolutely petrified".
"You feel stupid because you had been in that position weeks ago.”
ACCUSED: The woman said she 'hates' Bill Roache after the alleged abuse Her sister has previously given evidence about a separate incident.
When she got out of the car she was offered half a crown for the bus ride home.
She said she told her friend: "God, (name). Did you see what happened then? I'm sure she said 'Yes'. "I said 'I can't believe it'."
Years later she said she told her husband about the incident.
The witness has previously claimed that Mr Buswell sexually propositioned her when she and her sister had been invited to Granada Studios.
She eventually confided to her husband about both incidents and he urged her to do something about it but she refused.
The officer asked: "How do you feel about it now?" "I hate him," she said.
"Hate is a very strong word... you are angry," said the officer.
"Yes," she said. Giving evidence to Miss Whyte, she said a television interview that Roache had given had "really annoyed her".
"He said young girls who were going through this, they are being punished from a previous life... something they had done. That really annoyed me."
She said her husband remarked that Roache was "nuts" and added: "Who is he to judge?" Miss Whyte asked the witness if any other comments by the defendant had affected her.
The complainant replied: "He said girls were always hanging around the studios and they were throwing themselves at them... star-struck.
"The girls that we saw were like us. I can never say that I saw any girls throwing themselves at anyone. "There were actually boys there as well."
Jurors were also told that the witness had been approached at her home by a reporter from The Sun in the days after she reported the matter to the police - and for a second time after she was interviewed by the police.
The complainant said she told the reporter she was not interested in money. She said: "No amount of money will clear up what we have been through in the last few months."
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