Joseph Eubank tells court alleged rape victim consented to sex

On Monday, the court was told by the prosecutor that the teenager remembered Mr Eubank asking her age.

She replied 16, and he said he was 26, before saying something like “let’s go look at the moon”, the court heard.

She said he had initially been friendly but became more aggressive “moving her quickly down the beach”.

She said she “didn’t realise” he had pulled her down to the bottom of the groynes near the sea at about 23:30 BST, where he forced her down.

The court was told she was on her front lying on the stones and realised afterwards she had been raped.