Student raped drunk woman after carrying her home from Portsmouth night club, court hears
The prosecutor said the complainant believed she banged her head and passed out but woke to find the defendant seriously sexually assaulting her on his bed
A student from Saudi Arabia raped a drunken woman in his halls of residence after he carried her part of the way home after they met in a nightclub in Portsmouth, a court has heard.
Waleed Alharbi, 26, is on trial at Winchester Crown Court accused of the rape and attempted rape of the woman aged in her 30s at his student accommodation in Greetham Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire, in the early hours of June 28 2025.
Mike Mason, prosecuting, told the jury the complainant had gone to the Astoria nightclub with a friend and became drunk during the night while dancing.
He said that at one point a bouncer had asked her to sit down because she looked dehydrated.
When she started dancing again, the woman was approached by Alharbi and another man.
Mr Mason told the court: "The defendant was very drunk and he lifted (the complainant) up and placed her up against the wall and was kissing her.
"He took her outside and he carried her for some time and then she walked with him to his apartment; this is student accommodation.
"She needed his support to walk, she was very drunk."
Mr Mason said the friends of the complainant and defendant had also gone to the apartment.
Once inside, Alharbi banged his head and the two friends left to buy a plaster for the cut, the court heard.
Mr Mason said the defendant then "began touching her inappropriately and trying to take her dress off" before he started biting her, causing her to scream out in pain.
He said the defendant then "dragged" the complainant into his bedroom and "she couldn't get out".
The two friends were outside the room and could not enter because a key card was needed.
Mr Mason said: "The defendant pushed (the complainant) on to the bed and he put his hand on to her mouth and tried to take her clothes off."
He said the complainant went into the bathroom and, as Alharbi followed, she said to him: "Do not come in" and "I want to go home".
He told the court Alharbi pushed the complainant down in the shower area and turned it on before he attempted to rape her. The woman was "crying and screaming", he added.
The prosecutor said the complainant believed she banged her head and passed out but woke to find the defendant raping her on his bed.
She attempted to resist and told him: "No, no, do not do this."
Mr Mason said that afterwards the defendant accompanied the woman out of the apartment but she was so weak she had to sit down in the lift.
He said the other man was also present and they rode off on a scooter, leaving the complainant outside the building "sitting on the floor crying".
Mr Mason said DNA evidence linked the defendant to sperm found in the complainant.
He added Alharbi denied the alleged attempted rape in the bathroom had happened, and claimed the sex in the bedroom was consensual.
The trial continues.