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Judge denies bail to man accused of killing Metis hunters on Alberta road

admin — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 21:17:50 +0000

EDMONTON — A judge has denied bail to a man accused of killing two Metis hunters northeast of Edmonton.

Jacob Sansom, 39, and Maurice Cardinal, 57, were shot and killed on a rural road near Glendon, Alta., in March.

Anthony Bilodeau, 31, and Roger Bilodeau, 56, both face two counts of second-degree murder.

The younger Bilodeau was denied bail in an Edmonton courtroom on Tuesday.

Members of the Metis Nation of Alberta rallied outside the courthouse prior to the bail hearing, with many holding signs saying “No Justice No Peace” and “Their Lives Matter” with pictures of Sansom and Cardinal.

A statement from the group says both victims were citizens of the Metis Nation.

Family and friends have said the two were hunting to feed their families when they were killed.

RCMP have said a verbal confrontation escalated into a fight between the occupants of two vehicles parked on the road northeast of Edmonton when Sansom and Cardinal were shot.

“Our communities must feel safe as we work to uphold our traditional ways of life, including harvesting,” said a statement Tuesday from the Metis Nation of Alberta.

“The MNA maintains a strong stand against violence and racism in all its ugly forms.”

Sansom’s wife, Sarah Sansom, said in an interview last month that she wasn’t sure if racism played a role in the deaths, adding she couldn’t understand why it happened.

Outside court Tuesday, she said she hasn’t slept in two-and-a-half months but may be able to now.

“I can sleep tonight,” she said of the bail decision.

“My kids don’t have to be afraid. I don’t have to be afraid.” (CTV and The Canadian Press)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 16, 2020.

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Drake coach told player to lie about a shooting, lawsuit says; university denies claim

admin — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 05:22:02 +0000

An unidentifiedmen’s basketball coach at Drake University instructed a player who accidentally shot another student to lie to responding police officers, according to a lawsuit filed June 9.

Nathaniel Miller Jr. was shot in the head after Bulldogs forward Tremell Murphy unintentionally discharged his legally owned firearm at his home near Drake University’s campus during a party on Aug. 31, 2019.

Miller Jr., a Texas resident who was 19 at the time of the shooting, is suing the university, Murphy, Front Doors Investors LLC, Ross L. Peterson, D. Ann Peterson, and Peterson Family Living Trust. The Petersons and Front Doors Investors help manage the property where the shooting occurred.

After the shooting but before officers arrived at the home in the 1100 block of 27th Street, a Bulldogs basketball coach showed up. The coach told Murphy to deny any involvement in the victim’s injury, according to the lawsuit.

The university denied the allegations in a statement made to the Register late Friday.

“It is not true as claimed by the plaintiff that a Drake men’s basketball coach told Mr. Murphy to deny involvement in Mr. Miller’s injuries. Additionally, the residence in which the shooting incident took place is a private residence and is not owned or otherwise affiliated with the university.”

Murphy initially told officers that Miller Jr. had fallen on a wet floor and hit his head, according to police reports.

Murphy was charged with making false reports to law enforcement and discharging a firearm within city limits, two misdemeanors. He pleaded guilty to both counts and was fined, given a suspended 30-day jail sentence and placed on probation. The senior forward was also suspended from the basketball team for five games following the charges.

Proper medical care for the victim was delayed because of the misdirection from witnesses, according to the lawsuit. Miller Jr. had to undergo surgery and struggles with his gait and eyesight as a result of the shooting, the lawsuit says.

Calls to Miller’s attorneys were not immediately returned Friday.

Head coach Darian DeVries did not immediately respond to a request for comment. He is not named in the lawsuit.

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Drake coach told player to lie about a shooting, lawsuit says; university denies the claim

admin — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 00:30:17 +0000

An unnamedmen’s basketball coach at Drake University instructed a player who accidentally shot another student to lie to responding police officers, according to a lawsuit filed June 9.

Nathaniel Miller Jr. was shot in the head after Bulldogs forward Tremell Murphy on Aug. 31, 2019 unintentionally discharged his legally owned firearm at his home near Drake University’s campus during a party.

Miller Jr., a Texas resident who was 19 at the time of the shooting, is suing the university, Murphy, Front Doors Investors, LLC., Ross L. Peterson, D. Ann Peterson, and Peterson Family Living Trust. The Petersons and Front Doors Investors help manage the property where the shooting occurred.

Tremell Murphy, a Drake University men’s basketball player, is seen in a Polk County Jail booking photo from Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, after his arrest in connection with an accidental shooting in Des Moines. (Photo: Polk County Jail/Special to the Register)

After the shooting but before officers arrived at the home in the 1100 block of 27th Street, a Bulldogs basketball coach showed up. The coach told Murphy to deny any involvement in the victim’s injury, according to the lawsuit.

The university denied the allegations in a statement made to the Register late Friday.

“It is not true as claimed by the plaintiff that a Drake men’s basketball coach told Mr. Murphy to deny involvement in Mr. Miller’s injuries. Additionally, the residence in which the shooting incident took place is a private residence and is not owned or otherwise affiliated with the university.”

Murphy initially told officers that Miller Jr. had fallen on a wet floor and hit his head, according to police reports.

Murphy was charged with making false reports to law enforcement and discharging a firearm within city limits, two misdemeanors. He pleaded guilty to both counts and was fined, given a suspended 30-day jail sentence and placed on probation. The senior forward was also suspended from the basketball team for five games following the charges.

Proper medical care for the victim was delayed because of the misdirection from witnesses, according to the lawsuit. Miller Jr. had to undergo surgery and struggles with his gait and eyesight as a result of the shooting.

Calls to Miller’s attorneys were not immediately returned Friday.

Head coach Darian DeVries did not immediately respond to a request for comment. He is not named in the lawsuit.

Follow the Register on Facebook and Twitter for more news. Tyler Davis can be contacted at tjdavis@dmreg.com or on Twitter @TDavisDMR.

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Penn State football player denies sexually hazing teammate as alleged in federal suit

admin — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 08:48:16 +0000

WILLIAMSPORT – A Penn State football player accused of sexually hazing a teammate in 2018 denies the conduct occurred.

Damion Barber, a reserve defensive tackle from Harrisburg, in a filing Tuesday night in U.S. Middle District Court denies he acted in any unlawful way toward Isaiah Humphries.

Humphries, who transferred to the University of California after the 2018 season, has sued Penn State, head football coach James Franklin and Barber.

The university and Franklin, in a separate filing Wednesday, asked Judge Matthew W. Brann to dismiss Humphries’ negligence claims against them.

Humphries claims they permitted him to be the subject of harassment and hazing by other players, in disregard of the university’s written anti-hazing policy.

He alleges linebackers Micah Parsons and Jesse Luketa and defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos conspired with Barber to sexually harass him and other players in the Lasch Building.

Parsons, Luketa and Gross-Matos are not defendants in the suit, which seeks unspecified damages.

In response to the suit, Barber denied he or the others ever “orchestrated, participated in, directed and/or facilitated a campaign to harass and haze” anyone.

He further claims he was not aware of, witnessed or participated in an initiation to become or remain a member of the team as Humphries alleges.

Barber admits he was charged with violating the harassment clause of Student Code of Conduct but said Humphries was not the victim. He was not found to have committed any act of hazing, he said.

In seeking dismissal of the negligence claims, Penn State and Franklin contend they fail because:

Courts have ruled universities, absent of exceptional circumstances not present in this case, do not owe adult students a duty of care.

Humphries cannot demonstrate he was subjected to hazing as defined by the Pennsylvania Anti-hazing Law or its successor, the Timothy J. Piazza Anti-Hazing Law.

Since there is no dispute the university and Franklin did not perpetrate the alleged harassment, at most Humphries can claim is they failed to stop it. The anti-hazing laws impose no such duty.

Humphries alleges in early January 2018 that four of his teammates orchestrated a campaign to harass and haze other members by threats of sexual assault, stealing clothes, simulating humping action and placing their genitals on their faces and buttocks.

“His implausible theory” is not statutory hazing because freshmen cannot haze upperclassmen for the purpose of admission to or affiliation with the football team, Penn State and Franklin claim.

They also note Humphries’ suit does not state the dates on which the alleged conduct occurred or to which member of the coaching staff it was reported.

The negligent infliction of emotional distress claim should be dismissed because they say Humphries has failed to assert he suffered any physical injury as the result of the purported emotional distress.

Penn State and Franklin raised similar arguments in seeking dismissal of Humphries’ original suit. Humphries filing an amended complaint made that motion moot.

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Penn State football player denies sexual hazing allegations brought against him in lawsuit

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 02:53:15 +0000

BRET PALLOTTO, Centre Daily Times (TNS)
Published 10:14 a.m. ET April 9, 2020

Damion Barber (Photo: PHOTO COURTESY OF PENN STATE ATHLETICS)

A Penn State football player accused in a federal lawsuit of sexually hazing a former teammate denied the “broad, bald” allegations lodged against him.

Junior defensive tackle Damion Barber joined coach James Franklin and the university in asking a federal judge to throw out the lawsuit filed by former Nittany Lion Isaiah Humphries.

Humphries alleged Barber was among a group of four players who orchestrated a campaign to haze underclassmen as a form of initiation into the team’s program.

The allegations include Humphries’ former teammates stealing clothes, simulating humping actions, grabbing the genitalia of others and placing their genitals on others while naked in the Lasch Building showers.

Barber “is not aware of, never witnessed any, and did not participate in” any initiation rituals to become or remain a member of the football team, his attorney Anthony De Boef wrote in his response filed Tuesday.

Isaiah Humphries (Photo: PHOTO COURTESY OF CALBEARS.COM)

The allegations outlined in Humphries’ lawsuit were investigated by the university’s sexual misconduct and prevention office, which received an anonymous complaint six months after Humphries transferred to the California Golden Bears.

The complaint was not submitted by Humphries. It was submitted by someone else who reported the “harassment and victimization” of a second football player, Humphries’ attorney Steven Marino said in March.

Barber admitted he was charged with violating the harassment clause laid out in the university’s student conduct policy, but said his actions were not directed at Humphries.

The investigation found Barber did not haze anyone, De Boef wrote in his 20-page response.

Centre County District Attorney Bernie Cantorna’s office also investigated Humphries’ claims, but Cantorna said the evidence garnered from that investigation “did not meet the high threshold necessary to file criminal charges and prove them beyond a reasonable doubt.”

James Franklin (Photo: Charles Rex Arbogast, AP)

Franklin and the university in March asked for the lawsuit to be dismissed because the alleged hazing was carried out by the “least senior members” of the team and was not facilitated by either Franklin or the university.

The 10-count lawsuit is seeking unspecified monetary damages.

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Former Penn State Football Player Denies Burglary, Assault Accusations

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 17:59:17 +0000

by Geoff Rushton

In an interview with the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, former Penn State and NFL player Harry Hamilton criticized authorities and denied charges that he forced his way into a State College residence and assaulted his son.

As previously reported by StateCollege.com, Hamilton was charged with burglary, criminal trespass and simple assault in March on allegations that he entered a Southgate Drive residence and accused his son of using drugs. Police said he punched his son several times and threw him to the ground, then got into an altercation with another person whom he picked up and threw to the ground.

Hamilton, 55, was a defensive back for Penn State from 1981 to 1983 and went on to play for eight seasons in the NFL with the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

An attorney in New Jersey who has residences in State College and Wilkes-Barre, he told the Times-Leader that he believes his teenage son is being influenced by a marijuana dealer. He said he reprimanded his son and the other person but did not hit either of them.

“You’re talking to a man who is capable of hitting, and has hit, somebody so hard they never played football again,” Hamilton told the Times-Leader. “If I hit someone, there would be hospital reports, emergency reports. You don’t have that. Did I hit the [other] kid? No. Did I scare the [other] kid like I scared my kid? Yeah.”

Hamilton said there are no pictures, bruises or other evidence of injuries to either person. Police also said that Hamilton damaged a lock and door to enter the residence, but Hamilton said there was no evidence of that either.

He told the Times-Leader he went to the residence on March 3 to check on the welfare of his son and the boy’s mother and found the door unlocked, and when he entered he could smell marijuana. He says he grabbed his son to get him outside and away from the situation but got turned around and was struck in the back of the head by another person.

“When I turned to identify the assailant, I believed I was looking into the face of a 6-foot-6 drug dealer who, it looked like, had something in his pants, had his hand in his pants,” Hamilton told the newspaper. “I grabbed him instantly — there was no way he was getting out of my grasp — and threw him outside.”

He said he left the area when he saw the alleged assailant waiting in a car and feared he might have a gun.

Hamilton, who served in the U.S. Army Staff Judge Advocate Corps after retiring from the NFL, also claimed he has been trying to alert local police to drug dealers in the area for two years and that he is being “demonized.”

“They want the professional football player,” he said. “You have a man with an impeccable background. If I went into a burning building to save somebody from a fire, would the thinking be different? Somehow, now I try to save somebody from the gateway drug of marijuana, I have been charged criminally.

“They should be thanking me for exposing a major drug operation.”

Hamilton’s preliminary hearing was originally scheduled for March 28 but was continued to April 4.

Read the full Times-Leader report here.

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Former Penn State football, NFL player denies State College charges: report

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 17:52:03 +0000

Former Penn State football and NFL player Harry Hamilton denied charges of a reported altercation with his son in State College from early March in an interview with the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader.

Hamilton, 55, was charged with burglary and criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor count of simple assault and two summary offenses of harassment, with allegations that he forced his way into his son’s residence before assaulting him.

After gaining entry to the residence, Hamilton accused his son of using drugs and then punched him several times before throwing him to the ground, according to police.

According to police, he picked up another person and threw them to the ground, as well.

Hamilton played as Penn State’s defensive back from 1981 until 1983, before being drafted into the NLF. He went on to play for eight seasons with the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

According to the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, Hamilton believed his son — who was not in Hamilton’s custody — was being influenced by a marijuana dealer with access to the State College Area High School track team.

According to the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, he is claiming the police reports are inaccurate.

Hamilton said he arrived at the residence on March 3 for a welfare check of the boy and his mother. Here, he then knocked on the front door and found it to be unlocked, which made Hamilton suspicious.

Upon entering, he said he smelled marijuana coming from upstairs as his son came down.

Hamilton said in the interview he attempted to pull his son out the door and away from a potentially illegal situation.

“When he refuses, that’s when I grab him,” Hamilton told the Times-Leader. “I grabbed him as if I was tackling him to get him outside and away from what was going on inside. He’s almost 6-3, weighs as much as some of those lanky receivers I used to cover. He was able to escape the grasp, partially. I got turned around toward the stairs. At this point, I’m hearing, not seeing, there were other people in the house.”

Hamilton continued to say he was hit in the back of the head “that was sufficient enough to knock him down.”

He said he believed that it was a 6-foot-6 drug dealer who, he believed, had something in his pants.

“I grabbed him instantly — there was no way he was getting out of my grasp — and threw him outside,” he told the Times-Leader.

He left later when he saw the alleged dealer waiting in a car and feared he might have a gun. During the altercation, Hamilton injured his knee and went to a hospital for treatment.

In the interview, Hamilton admitted to scolding but never striking the two in the residence.

“There was no proof of a punch — not a picture, not even a mark — except for the kid’s statement,” Hamilton told the Times-Leader. “If I hit him, where is the bruise? Where is the proof?”

Before the incident on March 3, he claimed he had been trying to alert State College police to drug dealers in the area for the past two years.

Hamilton claimed the State College area had a drug war with a major cover-up from the police department.

“You have a man with an impeccable background,” he told the Times-Leader. “If I went into a burning building to save somebody from a fire, would the thinking be different? Somehow, now I try to save somebody from the gateway drug of marijuana, I have been charged criminally.”

“They should be thanking me for exposing a major drug operation,” he continued.

Hamilton’s preliminary hearing began March 28 and continues until April 4. He also has to attend a protection from abuse hearing on April 2.

He is currently a New Jersey attorney and said he would defend himself in the case.

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Cricketer Stokes denies affray charge

admin — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:05:31 +0000

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Ben Stokes arriving at court in Bristol for a previous hearing

England cricketer Ben Stokes has pleaded not guilty after being accused of fighting outside a Bristol nightclub in September.

The 26-year-old Durham all-rounder is charged with affray after a man allegedly suffered a broken eye socket.

At Bristol Crown Court on Monday, Mr Stokes denied the charges via video link from New Zealand where he is on duty with the England squad.

Mr Stokes is accused jointly with Ryan Hale and Ryan Aslam Ali.

Mr Hale, 26, and 28-year-old Mr Ali, both from Bristol, also deny the same charge of affray.

The trial date has been set for 6 August and the three defendants were granted unconditional bail.

Mr Stokes, Mr Hale and Mr Ali were detained early on 25 September following a disturbance in the Clifton Triangle area of the city – several hours after England had played a one-day international against the West Indies.

What is affray?

The charge of affray is made under the Public Order Act 1986 and effectively relates to fighting in public.

It is a triable either-way offence, which means it can be heard in either the magistrates’ court or the crown court.

It carries a maximum penalty when tried summarily – in the magistrates’ court – of a fine or up to six months in prison, and when tried on indictment – in the crown court – of up to three years in prison.

As a result of the charge, Mr Stokes missed the Ashes series, which hosts Australia won 4-0, although he was allowed to play some domestic matches in New Zealand.

England declared him available once more after he indicated a plea of not guilty at Bristol Magistrates’ Court in February.

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Ben Stokes made his Test debut in Australia in 2013

England are due to play the first test match of a five-game series against India at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham between 1-5 August, with Mr Stokes’s trial due to start a day later.

The trial is expected to last between five and seven days, which means there is a risk Mr Stokes could miss the second test which starts at Lord’s Cricket Ground on 9 August.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said: “We fully respect the legal process and the player’s right to defend himself against the charge.”

In January the ECB said that, “given the potential length of time to trial”, it would not be “fair, reasonable or proportionate for Ben Stokes to remain unavailable for a further indeterminate period”.

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Rugby case accused denies

admin — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 05:53:31 +0000

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Blane McIlroy is charged with one count of exposure

A friend of the two Ulster rugby players accused of rape today denied telling a “pack of lies” about the case in court.

Blane McIlroy, 26, of Royal Lodge Road, Belfast, is charged with exposing himself to the young woman at the home of Paddy Jackson in the early hours of June 28, 2016.

He denies the charge.

Earlier on Friday, Mr McIlroy told the court the alleged victim described the night as a “one-night stand”.

His version of events was challenged by a prosecution barrister, who described parts of what he said in court as “preposterous” and “fantasy island”.

Mr McIlroy said he was involved in sexual activity with the then 19-year-old woman and at no time did she resist or ask him to stop.

He said before she left the house that night, she said: “I don’t usually have one-night stands.”

After sitting in the dock listening to the evidence for the past six weeks, Mr McIlroy entered the witness box for the first time just before 12:30 GMT.

Dressed in a white shirt, purple tie and dark suit, he was asked a series of questions by his defence barrister.

Mr McIlroy said that on the night in question, he noticed that Mr Jackson and one of the women who was in the house were no longer in the living room.

He said he texted him: “Is there any possibility of a threesome?”

He got no reply.

Around 10 minutes later, he said he decided to go upstairs to sleep. He said he went into Mr Jackson’s room and found him in bed with the woman.

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Paddy Jackson arriving at court on Friday

He said after talking for a while, he and the woman started kissing. He said she put her hand down his trousers and, at one stage, briefly performed oral sex on him.

He said he left the room to try to find some condoms. He said it was the woman who suggested it.

When he came back, the woman was getting dressed and it was at that stage that, according to him, she said: “I don’t usually have one-night stands.”

At the time, Mr McIlroy had just returned from America where he had been studying.

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Paddy Jackson, Stuart Olding, Blane McIlroy and Rory Harrison deny all the charges

A prosecution barrister put it to the court that Mr McIlroy and his friends together produced a false defence.

“You gave Stuart Olding’s version of events. You thought your job was to give this version,” he said.

He added: “It’s all come apart at the seams, this ‘put-up job of a defence’.”

Mr McIlroy replied: “That’s not correct.”

‘Pack of lies’

The prosecution later said: “You delivered the wrong lines, you put yourself there rather than Stuart Olding.”

Mr McIlroy said: “No, I told the police everything. The truth.”

The barrister later said: “This is a pack of lies, Mr McIlroy.”

Mr McIlroy said: ” No, it’s not.”

The court was also told that Blane McIlroy deleted a number of text messages before being interviewed by the police.

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Mr Olding denies one charge of rape

He told the court: “When the police phoned, I panicked. I thought they didn’t read well.”

Mr Jackson and fellow Ulster and Ireland player Stuart Olding are accused of raping the woman.

They all went back to the house in south Belfast with a group of people after a night out at Ollie’s nightclub.

Mr Jackson, 26, from Belfast’s Oakleigh Park, is charged with one count of rape and one count of sexual assault. He denies the charges.

Mr Olding, 24, from Ardenlee Street, Belfast, is also charged with rape. He too denies the charge.

Rory Harrison, 25, of Manse Road, Belfast, is charged with perverting the course of justice and withholding information. He denies the charge.

Paddy Jackson’s defence barrister Brendan Kelly QC has now closed his case on behalf of Mr Jackson.

The trial will resume on Saturday morning and will sit between 09:00 and 12.30 GMT.

The 11-person jury has been told by Judge Patricia Smyth to wait until they hear all of the evidence in the case before coming to any final conclusions.

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Rugby case accused denies

admin — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 21:38:02 +0000

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Blane McIlroy is charged with one count of exposure

A friend of the two Ulster rugby players accused of rape today denied telling a “pack of lies” about the case in court.

Blane McIlroy, 26, of Royal Lodge Road, Belfast, is charged with exposing himself to the young woman at the home of Paddy Jackson in the early hours of June 28, 2016.

He denies the charge.

Earlier on Friday, Mr McIlroy told the court the alleged victim described the night as a “one-night stand”.

His version of events was challenged by a prosecution barrister, who described parts of what he said in court as “preposterous” and “fantasy island”.

Mr McIlroy said he was involved in sexual activity with the then 19-year-old woman and at no time did she resist or ask him to stop.

He said before she left the house that night, she said: “I don’t usually have one-night stands.”

After sitting in the dock listening to the evidence for the past six weeks, Mr McIlroy entered the witness box for the first time just before 12:30 GMT.

Dressed in a white shirt, purple tie and dark suit, he was asked a series of questions by his defence barrister.

Mr McIlroy said that on the night in question, he noticed that Mr Jackson and one of the women who was in the house were no longer in the living room.

He said he texted him: “Is there any possibility of a threesome?”

He got no reply.

Around 10 minutes later, he said he decided to go upstairs to sleep. He said he went into Mr Jackson’s room and found him in bed with the woman.

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Paddy Jackson arriving at court on Friday

He said after talking for a while, he and the woman started kissing. He said she put her hand down his trousers and, at one stage, briefly performed oral sex on him.

He said he left the room to try to find some condoms. He said it was the woman who suggested it.

When he came back, the woman was getting dressed and it was at that stage that, according to him, she said: “I don’t usually have one-night stands.”

At the time, Mr McIlroy had just returned from America where he had been studying.

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Paddy Jackson, Stuart Olding, Blane McIlroy and Rory Harrison deny all the charges

A prosecution barrister put it to the court that Mr McIlroy and his friends together produced a false defence.

“You gave Stuart Olding’s version of events. You thought your job was to give this version,” he said.

He added: “It’s all come apart at the seams, this ‘put-up job of a defence’.”

Mr McIlroy replied: “That’s not correct.”

‘Pack of lies’

The prosecution later said: “You delivered the wrong lines, you put yourself there rather than Stuart Olding.”

Mr McIlroy said: “No, I told the police everything. The truth.”

The barrister later said: “This is a pack of lies, Mr McIlroy.”

Mr McIlroy said: ” No, it’s not.”

The court was also told that Blane McIlroy deleted a number of text messages before being interviewed by the police.

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Mr Olding denies one charge of rape

He told the court: “When the police phoned, I panicked. I thought they didn’t read well.”

Mr Jackson and fellow Ulster and Ireland player Stuart Olding are accused of raping the woman.

They all went back to the house in south Belfast with a group of people after a night out at Ollie’s nightclub.

Mr Jackson, 26, from Belfast’s Oakleigh Park, is charged with one count of rape and one count of sexual assault. He denies the charges.

Mr Olding, 24, from Ardenlee Street, Belfast, is also charged with rape. He too denies the charge.

Rory Harrison, 25, of Manse Road, Belfast, is charged with perverting the course of justice and withholding information. He denies the charge.

Paddy Jackson’s defence barrister Brendan Kelly QC has now closed his case on behalf of Mr Jackson.

The trial will resume on Saturday morning and will sit between 09:00 and 12.30 GMT.

The 11-person jury has been told by Judge Patricia Smyth to wait until they hear all of the evidence in the case before coming to any final conclusions.

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