Bradley told the court that after the woman entered her house and went into the bathroom there, Ashby picked up a stick outside and also went into the property.<\/p>\n
The woman attempted to lock the bathroom door after hearing a noise, but Ashby, who believed her to be a Muslim, barged his way in, the court heard.<\/p>\n
“Once inside the bathroom he turned the light off, telling her that he was ‘here to have fun’,” Bradley told the jury of six men and six women.<\/p>\n
“Despite her screams, he told her to take her clothes off, he struck her with the stick, and he put his hands around her neck to strangle her and demanded that she climb into the bathtub.<\/p>\n
“Throughout the attack, he racially and religiously abused her.”<\/p>\n
It is alleged that Ashby asked the woman which toothbrush was hers because he wanted to clean his teeth – before exposing himself to her and performing a sex act on himself.<\/p>\n
“He turned on the hot water tap and began pouring water over her, telling her to say ‘hallelujah’ as he did so,” Bradley continued.<\/p>\n
Ashby allegedly told the woman his name was John and demanded she repeat “his mantra that he was the ‘master’.”<\/p>\n
The court heard that after raping the woman, Ashby instructed her to go into the bedroom and lie on the bed, saying he was there “to have fun” while referring to his private parts as being white British.<\/p>\n
Bradley said Ashby then demanded to carry out another attack on the woman, who attempted to escape through the front door.<\/p>\n
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