Barrister claims facts have been “shoehorned” to fit prosecution case in Norwich crime spree trial

Jake Killick, 23, is on trial accused of six rapes, three robberies, sex assault and false imprisonment with intent to commit a sexual offence on March 30, in Norwich.

Norwich Crown Court has heard that Killick, of Whitemoor Prison, 'marauded' around the city centre carrying out the attacks last year,

He also denied two other charges of rape and breaching a restraining order on January 5, last year.

Killick chose not to give evidence during his trial but in his closing speech, his barrister Matthew McNiff, said that evidence presented by the prosecution had been 'shoehorned in' so as to fit the prosecution theory that Killick had been responsible for the crime spree.

He told the jury to show 'care' when considering the facts of the case,

'You need to look at the evidence. You need to look at the whole not the excerpts.'

He claimed that sex with one woman he is accused of dragging into an alleyway before repeatedly raping had been consensual and claimed that everything that happened was with her agreement.

The woman had been on her way to work about 5.40am when it is alleged she was grabbed in Chapelfield Gardens by Killick

He also challenged some of evidence and said: 'When you look at the evidence, the theory starts to wear a bit thin. The theory has been shoehorned into this case.

He said that the jurors had to be sure before convicting him.

'You must have no reservations.'

The court has heard previously in police interviews that Killick denied being responsible for any of the offences on March 30.

He told officers he had been 'stitched up'.

During the interview Killick also told officers he had very bad anxiety and depression.

He said he was on medication which helped him relax, although he had not taken it in four days.

Judge Stephen Holt is due to start summing up the case on Tuesday, before sending the jury out to consider their verdicts.