Student president accused of raping drunk girl in freshers week

13 April 2012

A student president charged with looking after new entrants raped a drunken teenage girl just days after she started at a top university, a court heard.

The 18-year-old alleged victim claims she came round after a freshers' ball to find the words "I pulled the president" scrawled on her stomach in felt tip pen.

Jonathan Hagan, 22, had also written his mobile number on her tummy after he raped her in her room at a Nottingham University hall of residence, she claimed.

The girl, who had been at the university for just six days, said all she could remember was Hagan removing her underwear before she passed out.

But yesterday Hagan told a jury she had agreed to sex - although he admitted he felt "decidedly guilty" for breaking a "no sex" contract designed to protect new students.

Nottingham Crown Court heard Hagan was a third year maths student and president of the residents' association at his student housing complex as well as being its sport secretary.

The jury heard he was also a "week one rep", assigned to look after new students in their first or "freshers" week at university.

He said that a contract existed which was meant to stop reps taking advantage of vunerable new students during freshers week.

Hagan, who got four As and a B at A level before going to Nottingham University, said: "When you come to university the reps are the first people you meet.

"As first years you look up to them and when you are a rep it is incredible.

"Some reps could have gone with any fresher they wanted to but the purpose of the contract is to deter that."

Hagan was helping run a freshers' ball at a Nottingham night club in October last year when he met his alleged victim who was just six days into her degree course.

He said: "I was approached by a girl and over her shoulder was another girl. The conversation went along the lines that her friend was drunk and needed to go home."

He agreed to take the girl back to her hall of residence in a taxi before returning to the club but said that during the journey she started to cuddle and kiss him.

Hagan said: "I resisted, Two reasons. Firstly because technically I was not meant to kiss a fresher and secondly because her friend had asked me not to.

"She tried again. I resisted on the second time then on the third occasion I let her kiss me.

"Although technically it was wrong, there did not seem to be a lot of reasons why I could not kiss her back."

Hagan claimed that while they were in the cab he wrote on the girl's stomach 'I pulled the president' in red marker pen along with his phone number because she asked him to.

When they arrived at her halls Hagan said she suggested they go to her room, and once they arrived there she began kissing him before locking the door behind them.

Hagan said: "We ended up on the floor of her room. She tried to take off my T shirt and I helped.

"While we on the floor she suggested we move onto the bed and at some point her skirt came off. I believe she took her pants off as well. I know I did not take them off."

Hagan said they had sex but stopped before he orgasmed.

He told the jury that the girl seemed "fine" afterwards but he felt "decidedly guilty" for betraying her friend's trust and for breaking the reps contract.

But he said he would not have continued having sex with her girl if he had thought that at any time she was not happy.

He allegedly told detectives after he arrest that she consented but added; "Technically I broke the contract by 40 minutes which I felt a prat for doing."

Hagan, originally of Coventry and now of Broadgate Park, Nottingham, denies rape on October 2 last year.

The trial continues.

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