A British nurse was allegedly attacked and raped by her flatmate, a court was told

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The 51-year-old victim said her attacker arrived at their flat along with another woman and insisted they all move to a separate villa together.

After she asked him to leave, the 26-year-old attacker locked the Briton's bedroom door and forcefully pinned her to the bed, it is claimed.

Despite her forceful attempts to resist, he proceeded to assault and rape his victim, say prosecutors.

The nurse called the police shortly after.

She told the Dubai Criminal Court: "He started talking about the villa and that it had a swimming pool then all of a sudden he locked the door.”