Two women facing sexual violation charges

Two Wairarapa women held down another and took it in turns to sexually violate her, a Wellington District Court jury was told yesterday.

Both accused women, aged 34 and 37, who have had their identities suppressed, deny being party to sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection and assault.

The 34-year-old faces separate charges of threatening to kill and assault and the 37-year-old another charge of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection and assault.

Yesterday the alleged victim told the jury she and her female partner met the two accused in November 2003.

The two couples had dinner together. The witness said they had a good time and she had considered the other women to be nice, good people. She thought as they were also a same-sex couple they had something in common.

The next night, December 7, she went back to the women's home to have coffee.

She said both women held her down while each sexually assaulted her.

She was pushed, hit and kicked. One of the women threatened to kill her if she told anyone what happened to her.

- NZPA