A man accused of raping a nine-year-old was allegedly found by the child’s mother lying on top of her in a bedroom, a jury has heard.
Adeshina Fayomi, 37, of Aspen Lane, Northolt, denies two counts of rape of a girl under 13 at Ipswich Crown Court. The charges are alleged to have taken place in Lowestoft between October 2025 and March 2026.
The court heard evidence on Friday (September 11) from the girl’s mother, who told jurors she went upstairs after watching television before walking to her bedroom and seeing Fayomi on top of her daughter on the bed.
Giving evidence from behind a screen, she said: “I started screaming, ‘What are you doing to my daughter?’”
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The witness said Fayomi immediately jumped off the bed and that her daughter, who was nine at the time, appeared frightened and was shaking.
She told the court the child said: “He made me do it, I didn’t want to do it, he made me.”
The mother said she asked her daughter whether Fayomi had touched her and was told “yes”. She also claimed the girl answered “yes” when asked whether he had "put his willy inside her".
The child's aunt also gave evidence in a statement where she said she asked the child if this had happened before, and the child responded saying it "happened every time she’d seen him”.
Jurors heard Fayomi denied wrongdoing at the scene, telling the mother he had merely been giving the child “a cuddle”.
However, defence barrister Joanne Eley suggests the girl's account may have been influenced by her mother's highly emotional response.
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During cross-examination of the child's mother, Mrs Eley suggested the mother had exaggerated parts of her evidence.
The witness claimed Fayomi had been kissing the child’s neck, but Ms Eley pointed out that detail was not mentioned in her police interview.
“You’re embellishing things to make it seem more serious than it is,” Ms Eley said.
The barrister also suggested the mother's distress and questioning may have confused the child and led her to believe she had done something wrong.
“I suggest you put in [the complainant's] mind that he raped her when that in fact came from you,” Ms Eley told the witness.
The court also heard the defence suggest the girl had previously been accused of hitting other children at school and then lying about it.
The mother rejected those claims and insisted she was “one hundred per cent sure” she saw Fayomi on top of her daughter.
The trial continues.
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