Three women pinned another woman to the ground and called her a "hooker" as they raped and bashed her over a drug debt, a court has heard.
Ashleigh Dominique Sorenson, 28, Rebekah Alice Merchant, 23, and Skye Beth Spears, 22, are facing an Adelaide District Court jury trial after being charged with aggravated robbery and rape after the alleged attack in north Adelaide on December 2014.
Opening the prosecution case, Peter Salu told the jury that the victim had previously bought drugs off Sorenson and had "an issue" with her ex-boyfriend.
"It was mostly to do with her ex-boyfriend, who you'll hear loosely described as a 'violent thug'," he said.
"There's a suggestion that she, the victim, owed money and that's turned into some sort of an issue.