Appearing via video link, one of the two girls, who alleges that she was indecently assaulted multiple times by Mr Le Chevere, was questioned by Defence Advocate Ian Jones.
When talking about why she didn’t tell anyone earlier about what she says happened to her, the alleged victim said that “he [the defendant] scared a lot of people… there was no escape from him.” She also described Mr Le Chevere as “a very unpredictable man” who inflicted “a lot of emotional pain” on her.
Pictured: The case is being heard in the Royal Court and is said to concern alleged “sexual interference of the most serious kind”.
However, during the course of the questioning, the young girl said that she did tell a vicar, a friend at school and her grandmother about aspects of the alleged abuse.
When asked by Advocate Jones whether she was lying about the abuse, the young girl became visibly upset and said: “I wish I could say I was making it up… I struggle with it every day… I don’t want to be touched by another male because of him.”
The Defence Advocate also asked the girl about a false rape allegation she had previously made against a boy her own age. She acknowledged that she had lied about that particular person, but when answering questions from Crown Advocate Simon Thomas she said: “I wanted to let the Police know that something not right was happening to me.” She explained that the abuse she alleged “wasn’t wrong, but the person was.”
After the first alleged victim in this case gave her evidence, the jury was made to watch the taped Police interview with the second, younger girl, who accuses the defendant of raping her on two occasions.
Pictured: A trial over allegedly “serious” chid sexual abuse has heard evidence via video link from one of the young girls who claims Jason Mark Le Chevere indecently assaulted her multiple times.
Yesterday’s hearing came after the case opened on Wednesday with Crown Advocate Simon Thomas opening the prosecution case where he described the alleged abuse as “sexual interference of the most serious kind”. The jury, which is comprised of six men and six women, were also shown several hours of taped Police interviews with the older of the two alleged victims.
Royal Court Commissioner Sir John Saunders is presiding over the trial, which is expected to continue into next week.
Mr Le Chevere has been granted conditional bail while the trial is underway.