A MAN alleged to have 'groomed' a teenager, before she was gang raped, has claimed the victim went to police in order to seek financial compensation.

Daniel Kilbee, formerly of Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, is currently on trial at Oxford Crown Court and denies four counts of rape, one of assault by penetration and another of sexual assault.

Prosecutors claim that Daniel Kilbee may have subjected his alleged victim to the ordeal in order to pay for a drugs debt.

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Prosecutor Alan Blake told jurors that Kilbee had first exploited his victim before carrying out the rape, together with another unidentified man, at a house in Oxford.

But the court heard yesterday a police interview in which Mr Kilbee denied the accusations.

The defendant admitted the pair would drive round in his van together, as friends.

As the trial, which started on Wednesday, continued the jury were given further details of Daniel Kilbee's previous convictions involving sex offences involving teenager girls.

Judge Peter Ross said: It is relevant because he has made an attack of character on [the victim].

"The attack of character comes with the suggestion that the complainant's pursuit is in order to obtain financial compensation."

The trial continues.