Ched Evans' accuser 'used same phrase' in sex with another man

A man who slept with Ched Evans' accuser two weeks after she was allegedly raped by the footballer has told a court that she used the same phrase during sex with him.

Evans, a former Manchester City player, is accused of having sex with the girl when she was too intoxicated to consent. He denies the charge.

The 27-year-old insists his 19-year-old accuser did consent to him "joining in" as she had sex with his friend in a north Wales hotel room in 2011.

Under cross-examination, the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said he was aware of a website offering a £50,000 reward for information leading to Evans' acquittal.

He had only made the claim about the woman's phrase - which was sexually explicit - in his second statement but, when questioned in court, he denied he had "invented" it in order to help Evans.

Earlier, Evans told his retrial at Cardiff Crown Court that he had lied to staff at the hotel front desk in order to get a key for the room. 

He said he then went into the room without speaking to the woman, and joined in after his friend had asked her if she minded.

Giving evidence in his defence, Evans was asked by counsel for the prosecution Simon Medland QC: "Did you think to ask the woman if she minded you being there?"

He replied: "I didn't speak to her when I went in."

Mr Medland continued: "You didn't speak to her at all?"

Evans replied: "This was not a time for conversation, it was a moment we all got caught up in."

He continued: "I wouldn't hurt a girl, I wouldn't do anything to harm a girl."

As the cross examination continued, Evans was asked if he thought to ask if the girl minded him having unprotected sex with her, and again he said "it was not the right time to be talking".

After leaving the hotel via a fire exit, the former Wales international walked home, even though he was undergoing treatment for snapped ligaments in his ankle.

He denied that he did not call a taxi in order to "cover his tracks".

Mr Medland asked Evans about comments he had made in a police interview that "footballers are rich, they have money, that's what girls like".

Evans told the court "reading that it's cringe-worthy".

He added: "I was explaining that to the police, I was not expecting it to be read out in court."

Asked if he felt "entitled to behave like that," Mr Evans replied: "No, not at all."

Under re-examination from his counsel, Mr Evans again insisted that he felt the woman had consented to sex with him.

"She was taking charge, asking for things," he said.

"I felt she was enjoying what she was doing."

The trial continues.