A woman was raped by a drunk stranger as she tried to help him get home, a court heard. 

Craig Dorney, 35, is on trial accused of rape, sexual assault and assault by penetration against a woman in Lewisham. 

Prosecutor Tim Naik opened the trial on Monday (December 2) by telling the jury that on June 29, Dorney had raped a “Good Samaritan” who had simply been trying to help him out. 

The woman was on her way home at 2am after having drinks with work colleagues when a taxi driver called her over to ask for help, Mr Naik said. 

The taxi driver explained there was a drunk man asleep in the back of his car and he couldn’t work out the man’s address. 

Mr Naik said: “She said, and you might think very generously at 2am, I’ll try to get this man to his house.” 

After she and the taxi driver roused Dorney by splashing his face with water they managed to get him to his feet and he explained where he lived. 

“They got him out of the taxi and [she] took the lead role as helper and Good Samaritan, telling the taxi driver don’t worry I’ll get him back,” Mr Naik said. 

The jury were told that as she walked him home Dorney began to try to kiss him before pushing her against the wall and raping her. 

Mr Naik said that when he first tried to kiss her the woman began to record on her phone and the recording captured her pleading and begging him to let her go. 

After she escaped she phoned 999, the jury were told.

When police attended Dorney’s home in Lewisham he was asleep in bed. 

In a prepared statement Dorney denied the allegations and said a “random female” had tried to kiss him on his way home but he said no as he has a girlfriend. 

But a forensic scientist said DNA found on the woman’s underwear was “a billion times more likely” to be Dorney’s than someone else’s. 

The trial continues.