JURORS in the trial of two men accused of rape have heard dramatic 999 calls made from the alleged victim’s mobile phone.

Audio recordings from a series of exchanges between the female’s handset and Cumbria police were played at Carlisle Crown Court yesterday. These are said to have occurred during the alleged attack. Stuart Milne, 37, and Terry Parry, 30, have each pleaded not guilty to an allegation of rape. Milne also denies a second alleged sexual offence in relation to the same incident.

This is said to have occurred in St Nicholas Gardens in Whitehaven at around 1.30am on June 29 last year.

The court has been told how the woman met the two men for the first time several hours earlier.

But after consuming a number of drinks bought for her by Milne, it is alleged he then took her into the park.

Recordings of six phone calls were played to a jury. On three occasions, 999 was dialled from the female’s phone. The remainder were made by Cumbria police in response.

In the first, a woman’s voice can be heard saying “get off me” and “get off”.

In the final call, lasting around seven minutes, the tearful woman identified herself. She said she was alone and “hiding behind a wall”. Struggling to speak, she claimed a man had held her down on the floor.

“Has he raped you at all,” the operator asked her.

The woman replied: “Yeah.”

Milne and Parry, both of separate addresses on Bow Fell Road, Whitehaven, deny the woman’s allegations.

They claim their respective contact with her in the park that night was consensual.

The trial continues.