Hamilton deaf man accused of raping crash victim

Hamilton man Christian Grey is denying raping a woman he helped after a car crash. Photo / File

A deaf Hamilton man is accused of raping a woman he helped after she crashed her car in the city.

Christian Edward Grey, 36, is on trial in the Hamilton District Court where he denies sexual violation by rape, abduction for the purposes of sexual connection, and male assaults female - after the alleged attack between 9.30pm and 11pm on November 8 last year.

Grey, defended by counsel Jared Bell, allegedly helped the woman whose car had crashed at the intersection of Powells and Tramway Rds. Her partner had also been in the car when it crashed but he refused a ride home.

The Crown alleges Grey picked up the woman and then took her to the nearby Fairview property he was staying at and raped her.

In Day two of the trial, before a jury of six men and six women, Grey's flatmate said neither she nor her partner or children heard any unusual noises on the night the alleged rape took place.

The last time she saw him, about 11.30pm, he told her he had been at the gym and was going to take a shower, she said.

Constable Olivia Ollington saidpolice arrived at the victim's house at 11.10pm before taking her to the Hamilton Central Police Station for formal questioning.

Ollington said police had been told about a red Ford Mondeo station wagon the alleged offender had been driving.

Detective Constable Kristal Brooker told the jury she found the accused's vehicle at his property on Alderson Rd. Detectives later returned to the property with a search warrant.

Detective Lee Samphier, in a statement read to the court, said he went to the intersection where the woman crashed her car, and gathered CCTV footage from a nearby service station.

The trial before Judge Merelina Burnett is set down for five days.