A former doctorate candidate at the Australian National University is accused of "love-bombing" a woman before a "heinous" rape during a picnic. Subscribe now for unlimited access . Login or signup to continue reading $ 0 / $ NaN /year All articles from our website & app The digital version of Today's Paper Breaking news alerts direct to your inbox Interactive Crosswords, Sudoku and Trivia All articles from the other regional websites in your area Continue He is accused of threatening her after the alleged rape, saying "If you become a liability I'm going to shoot or stab you, your parents, and your dog".
"You don't want to be disabled like my ex-wife," he allegedly said. On Friday, jurors in the ACT Supreme Court trial of the 36-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the alleged victim, retired for deliberations. He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual intercourse without consent.
The charges date back to when he was studying a PhD at the university. In his closing address to jurors, prosecutor Trent Hickey said the alleged victim described the relationship as "love-bombing" with about 3200 messages between the pair sent over several weeks. Mr Hickey said one of these messages included the accused man saying he "preferred his partners to be into BDSM".
The alleged victim is said to have told him it made her "uncomfortable", but she wanted to please him so she "played along". "The accused was sexually dominant, sexually assertive, in the relati.