An alleged rape victim sobbed in Supreme Court yesterday as she described how she was sexually assaulted.

The woman - who cannot be named for legal reasons - said she struggled and fought hard to escape from her attacker during the alleged incident.

A 60-year-old St. George's male, who also cannot be named for legal reasons, denied raping the 44-year-old woman on January 3, 2001.

Crown counsel Charmaine Smith said the defendant entered the woman's room early in the morning and raped her.

Defence lawyer Larry Mussenden agreed that the couple had sex, but said that the woman was not raped.

The woman told the ten-woman, two-man jury that she had heard a noise after her boyfriend left the house for work. She had gone back to bed, but woke up when she heard a partition that was being used as a door move.

The defendant entered her room and when she told him to leave he asked her to have sex with him.

After a brief struggle, the woman said she was choked, thrown onto the bed and forced to have intercourse with the man.

After the incident, the man removed a condom and placed it in the trash can wrapped in a napkin and left the room.

The woman then went to a neighbour's house requesting assistance.

The defendant warned her that if she went to Police he would place drug paraphernalia in her room.

During cross examination, the woman told Mr. Mussenden that she did not know the defendant and had only met him once.

She also said that her clothing was not ripped and did not sustain any injuries during the alleged attack.

Mr. Mussenden said: "The defendant did not have to restrain you to have sex with you".

"I'm not his woman, I'm not his girlfriend," the woman declared.