Prithvi Sridhar, a student at Queens’ College, Cambridge, has denied allegations that he raped a fellow student at Cambridge Crown Court.

Sridhar is being specifically accused of having raped a fellow student – who is not a member of Queens’ College – following a night out in November 2014.

“There was a fair amount of drinking involved,” the prosecution said. “They moved on to a club and both were drinking alcohol. “He persistently wanted to dance with her and they were hugging and kissing.”

Last Tuesday, the prosecution argued that Sridhar took a taxi back to the victim’s halls of residence, and that, in spite of her protest that she did not wish to engage in sexual activity, he proceeded to remove her clothes and have sex with her against her will.

Arguing for the prosecution, David Matthew said that the defendent “thought it was implicit they would have sex”, adding that “He says she was eager and willing, but she is not of that opinion.”

The complainant, when giving evidence, said that she had appreciated the company back from town as she had read in the news about people being attacked when they were on their own.

The alleged victim, who was fighting back tears, continued by saying: “when we got back, I said goodbye”, but “he said no, I’m coming with you.”

She said that, once upstairs, Sridhar began to kiss her, adding that she got in bed fully clothed and told him she was going to sleep in order to communicate that she was not interested in having sex with him.

“I didn’t know what to do,” she said. “I didn’t know what to do to make it stop. I told him we were not going to have sex or anything.”

The court was then told that the defendant proceeded to remove the alleged victim’s clothes before getting into the bed and having sex with her.

“I told him multiple times that I didn’t want to have sex with him,” she said. “He tried to push himself inside me and I laid back because it hurt less.”

She added that: “I was trying not to look at him because I did not want it to happen.

“Tears were running down my face and I was shaking.”

A friend of the complainant said that the next day the alleged victim had seemed distressed.

She said: “She was in her pyjamas. She was saying ‘I kept telling him to leave me alone, but he wouldn’t. I told him to stop but he didn’t.’ She was crying and quite distressed. She just kept repeating it. She was hysterical, really.”

Arguing for the defence, Joe Stone asked the alleged victim’s friend about the halls of residence: “If someone were to shout out or scream in a state of distress, it would be very easy to hear that.” The trial is ongoing.