THIS is the trainee nurse at the centre of the Manchester
Utd Christmas party rape scandal. The alleged 26-year-old victim is
pictured celebrating at a bash in the city bar where she works
part-timetwo months before she claimed she was attacked by young
United star Jonny Evans. Today we can reveal police officers have
taken her back to the £395-a-night Great John Street Hotel where
the Old Trafford party was held to help her remember details of her
alleged ordeal.
On Thursday night, accompanied by her boyfriend, the girl went into
the bedroom where she says she went with the Northern Ireland
international before the attack. She also visited the bar where the
party took place. A source told us: "She was very upsetit was very
harrowing for her. "But she cannot fully remember what happened
when she was in the room or exactly who was in there with her
because she was really drunk. The police believed the only way to
get a full picture was to take her back to the hotel and refresh
her memory.
"Her visit was made all the more stressful because the hotel was
open and obviously plenty of the guests were full of Christmas
spirit. "But all the police were in plain clothes so they didn't
stand out."
Jonny Evans
Detectives are studying CCTV of the party in search of footage of
Evans and the girl. Officers are trying to piece together the hours
before the alleged attack in a bid to see how the pair were
interacting.
A police source said: "If the couple are caught on camera in
romantic clinches then it will help Jonny's case. "Of course any
rape allegation will be treated extremely seriously but there are
doubts over her story." At first it was thought the camera system
at the Great John Street hotel had been turned off at the request
of those organising the boozy party. But detectives have discovered
recordings which appear to show revellers in full swing.
The girl told police that the soccer ace attacked her after she
went upstairs with him following a dance. It was the woman's
boyfriend who raised the alarm at 4.15am, dialling 999. Cops are
also investigating allegations that the player was involved in a
scuffle with the boyfriend.
Meanwhile Evans' student girlfriend Kate Wathall, 20, said she was
shocked at the claims against him, but insisted he was no sex
attacker. "I'm still Jonny's girlfriend and people can draw their
own conclusions," she said.
