A woman has told how she felt “ashamed” after allegedly being raped in a wasteland area of Dundee.
Gigi Ciriblan, 37, is standing trial accused of carrying out a series of sex attacks in Dundee over an eight-day period.
The High Court in Dunfermline heard from a woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, who said she was dragged by her wrists into an area behind Ladywell Avenue in the city centre and raped by Ciriblan on August 28 last year.
The woman said she was in the Nethergate area when she became aware of Ciriblan following her.
She said: “He was right beside me and kept trying to hold my hands. I was asking him what he was wanting. He took my hand and started kissing at my hand.”
After walking about 15 to 20 minutes, the pair ended up at Ladywell Avenue.
She added: “He sort of dragged us under the railing of the fence. He pulled us under by the wrists. He sat us on the ground and started taking off the bottom part of my clothes.”
The witness said she tried to push him off, but wasn’t able to.
She said Ciriblan had his knees on her hands at one point and he then raped her.
The witness said she then went to a friend’s house but she admitted she did not tell her friends the entirety of what had happened and was “distant” at the time. She was asked by advocate depute Stephen McCloy why that was.
She said: “Because I felt ashamed.”
The woman was cross-examined by Ciriblan’s defence counsel Matt Jackson, who asked why she didn’t take any action while his client was walking with her.
She said: “I was in shock. I didn’t know what to do.”
Mr Jackson said: “I put to you that this was a consensual activity.”
The witness, who cried regularly while giving evidence, said: “No, it wasn’t consensual.”
The court heard from two of the woman’s friends who saw her after the alleged rape.
Ciriblan is facing six charges of a sexual nature which are said to have been carried out in Dundee in August last year. He denies all the charges.
The trial, being heard before Lord Beckett, continues.
Ciriblan also faced one other charge of assault but this was removed by the Crown.
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