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Rapper Slowthai raped two women after Oxford gig, court told

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Defending Mr Frampton, Patrick Gibbs KC told the jury that the rapper had “met up with his fans in the usual way” following the gig.

Encouraging the jury to “keep an open mind” during the trial, he said: “What is in dispute is whether the women consented.”

He said the case was partly about “the difference between willingly consenting to something that is thrilling and exciting in the moment, to then regretting it afterwards”.

He also asked the jury to keep in mind the “effect of celebrity”, adding that “people do, or may, act differently” around famous people.

Sheryl Nwosu, defending Mr Blake-Walker, said her client “denies that he had forced anybody” into taking part in sexual acts.

“All sexual contact and acts were consensual,” she added.

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