A Royal Navy sailor raped a woman after locking her in his car and driving to a remote part of Dartmoor with no phone service, a court martial was told.

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A Royal Navy sailor raped a woman after locking her in his car and driving to a remote part of Dartmoor with no phone service, a court martial was told.

Able Seaman Connor Anderson, 21,  'trapped' his victim before forcing himself on her twice, heard Bulford Military Court in Wiltshire.

The woman said her 'soul escaped her body' during the alleged attacks and told how she was scared of being left for dead because she did not know what he was capable of.

AB Anderson, of HMS Portland - a Type 23 frigate based in Plymouth - denies raping the woman and claims the sex was consensual.

The woman had agreed to meet him for a friendly chat in his car before he drove her to the area of Devon in the early hours of the morning, it was heard.

Able seaman Connor Anderson, 21, 'trapped' his victim before forcing himself on her twice, heard Bulford Military Court (file photo above) in Wiltshire

While in the car, AB Anderson kissed her but she told him she did not want to sleep with him. Prosecuting, Graham Coombes said he then raped the woman.

She told the court she felt she 'had no choice' over what was going to happen to her as AB Anderson had locked the doors to his car after asking her to move to the backseat with him.

In video evidence played to the court, she said: 'I thought "I am stuck back here" - he had locked the car doors and he had the keys on him so I just sort of lay there. 

'He was on top of me and had his hands down my trousers and I told him "no". [I thought] I have not really got any choice here over what is going to happen. 

'There is absolutely no way I am going to be able to get myself out of this car to run, there was nowhere for me to run to a safe place.

'There was no service on my phone so I had no way of contacting anyone.'

The woman said AB Anderson would not take no for an answer before he allegedly raped her.

She said: 'He just was not taking no for an answer and was saying 'you are being boring' and 'what is wrong with you?'

The woman had agreed to meet him for a friendly chat in his car before he drove her to the remote area of Dartmoor (file photo above) in the early hours of the morning

The woman added she 'froze' and was scared after hearing stories of women being raped and left for dead.

She said: 'I thought I would be able to push him off me but I just froze and I did not know what to do. I thought "I do not actually know what he is capable of" - you hear stories of females being raped and left for dead.

'I thought if I just do as I am told and do what he says then I would be able to get out of there sooner. I was kind of lying there thinking "I cannot fight him off."

'I just lay there thinking "how long is this going to last; what is going to happen after this; is he going to hurt me? If I try to fight him off, is he going to put his hands round my neck and try and strangle me?"

'I felt like my soul escaped my body and my mind went to a different place. It felt like it was just my body that was there and nothing else.'

She added: 'I felt scared and trapped.'

The woman said the sailor told her he had a 'few drinks' at the pub before picking her up in his car.

AB Anderson denies two charges of rape and the trial continues.