A woman allegedly raped at knifepoint in her own bed arrived at Hamilton Police Station to report the incident with tears running down her face, a Policewoman told Supreme Court.

Detective Constable Karema Flood and another officer spoke with the woman around 6.25 a.m on November 12, 2006 — the same morning the incident is said to have occurred.

“When we entered the room she was sitting there in the chair. She was seated with her legs clutched together, her hair was ruffled, it was messy, her eyes appeared to be swollen with dark circles beneath them, her face was red and there were tears running down her face,” said Det. Con. Flood.

“Her voice was trembling throughout the whole time she was speaking with us. At times she would stop and cry,” the officer told the court.

The woman herself gave evidence in the trial of a 54-year-old who stands accused of the attack earlier this week. She said she awoke in the early hours to find an intruder armed with a seven to eight inch knife standing in the bedroom of her Pembroke home.

She said he threatened to kill her, then raped her and made her shower afterwards.

She said he also made her drive to a bank ATM and withdraw $1,000, warning he would kill her if she looked at his face. At one point, she said, he complained of having accidentally cut himself with his own knife.

The woman told the jury her estimated two to three hour ordeal ended when she drove the man back to her house, he got out of her car, and she drove like “a bat out of hell” to the Police station. Neither she nor the defendant, of no fixed address, can be identified for legal reasons.

The man denies charges of aggravated burglary and serious sexual assault causing bodily harm while armed, plus robbery and deprivation of liberty.

In evidence yesterday, Det. Con. Flood said that after she and her fellow officer took a report from the woman, she was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.

Registered nurse Gaynell Hayward, who specialises in the examination of sexual assault victims, told the jury she conducted checks on the woman.

She described her as: “Very, very emotional. She was tearful, she was shocked, and appeared to be very very frightened as she related what had happened.”

Ms Hayward said the patient had injuries to her genital area consistent with “blunt force trauma” — adding that an erect penis is capable of causing blunt force trauma. She said the degree of injury stood out as significant in comparison to other alleged sex assault victims she had examined.

In response to questions from Larry Scott, lawyer for the accused man, the nurse agreed it would be possible for these types of injuries to occur during consensual sex. Mr Scott has previously indicated his client’s position to be that the woman invited him to her home and consented to sexual intercourse.

In a statement read to the jury by the court clerk, medical officer for the Police, Prison and Fire services Dr. Jatinder Heir said he obtained samples including blood and urine from the accused man on November 15 2006. He noted that the defendant had a one centimetre abrasion to his left hand.

The case continues.