A man raped a woman in her home with two children in the next room and returned six weeks later to attempt to rape her again, a court has heard.
Petrus-Ionut Apostoae, 25, of Gorsey Lane, Orford, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday charged with two counts of rape, one count of burglary, three counts of attempted burglary and one count of attempting to trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence. Louise McCloskey, prosecuting, detailed that on October 2 last year, the victim had held a party at her home, which a number of family and friends attended and left around 6pm.
The victim was looking after her child and another child, and put them both to bed at around 8 or 9pm. She was unsure if her friend was returning so stayed up watching television and was talking to friends on social media, before going to bed at around 2am.
