Police officer rape trial told of threats against victim
A police officer accused of rape and assault told his alleged victim no-one would listen to her, a court has heard.
He is also accused of the rape and a series of sexual assaults on a girl, aged five when attacks began, from September 2013 to November 2014.The woman, who gave evidence on the second day of the trial at the High Court in Edinburgh, said she was subjected to abuse by Mr Coulter.Advocate depute Kath Harper asked if she had ever thought about going to the authorities and she replied: "Not at that point.
The 36-year-old said that Mr Coulter would lash out when he was angry and on one occasion he slammed her head into a kitchen cabinet.Child 'tossed across a room'
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