A 40-year-old man has been accused of raping a man 20 years ago after being given a lift home from a party. 

Shaun Gilder, formerly from Norwich, had been to a barbecue in Blundeston, Suffolk and was being driven home by another man but was drunk and needed to stop to be sick.

Norwich Crown Court heard the car being driven by the alleged victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, pulled onto an estate being built in Gorleston near the James Paget University Hospital (JPUH) in the early hours of May 22 2004.

Eastern Daily Press: The James Paget University Hospital The James Paget University Hospital (Image: Newsquest)Philip Farr, prosecuting, said Gilder got out to be sick but "stumbled" prompting the victim to help him back to the car.

But Gilder, who was in his 20s at the time, became "aggressive" and "pushed him up against the side of the car."

Mr Farr said the victim, then a teenager who was to describe Gilder as being a "monster" when he was drunk, said he "didn't want it".

But Gilder "took no notice" and "pinned him up against the vehicle" where he raped him.

Mr Farr said the victim was "protesting" and "made efforts to resist" but was not able to stop it.

He said Gilder went on to sexually assault the victim before he dragged him into the car and raped him again ignoring "repeated pleas" to stop during the ordeal which lasted about an hour.

The victim told other people, including a friend, about what had happened.

But although police were initially contacted in 2004 it was not proceeded with by the victim who, at the time, had not revealed his sexuality to everyone.

He did however come forward to police for a second time in 2018.

Gilder, from Chestnut Avenue, Oulton Broad, near Lowestoft, Suffolk, has gone on trial having denied two counts of rape as well as assault by penetration.

The case was opened by Mr Farr on Tuesday (October 31) after a jury of eight women and four men were sworn in on Monday (October 30).

The trial continues.