A DOCTOR has admitted cheating on his partner with a medical colleague - but told jurors it was not rape.

Cemal Kavasogullari allegedly attacked the woman at a flat in Shawlands, Glasgow, on November 21 2019.

Prosecutors claim she was unable to consent to sex due to being asleep and intoxicated.

But, Kavasogullari today denied forcing himself on a woman described as allegedly in a "drunken stupor".

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The 36 year-old is on trial at the High Court in Glasgow, where he pleads not guilty to the rape charge.

The pair and others - who knew each other from attending a medical course - had been on a night out and ended up at the Boteco do Brasil bar in the city's Trongate.

CCTV from inside the pub was played to jurors which included Kavasogullari dancing with the woman.

He later gave her a lift back to the flat in the southside.

Kavasogullari said they then undressed soon after arriving before being intimate with one another.

His QC Murray Macara today asked how it ended.

He replied: "We stayed in a bed for a minute or two then I said I had to leave because I was anxious that I had to get home."

Kavasogullari said he got her a glass of water then "tucked her in" the bed before leaving the flat.

Mr Macara: "You have a partner...did she have to get up to let you in?"

Kavasogullari: "She did."

The QC: "I take it you did not tell her at the time of anything that had happened?"

He replied: "No, sir."

He told jurors he exchanged texts with the woman hours later which he deleted.

Mr Macara: "Any particular reason why you deleted them?"

He stated: "I had an affair that night and I did not want my girlfriend to find out."

It was days later Kavasogullari, of the city's Tradeston, was arrested by police.

Prosecutor Liam Ewing later put to him that the woman had stated she had "far too much to drink" that night.

The QC also referred to her stating she was apparently so affected she "did not know the time of day".

Kavasogullari: "I would absolutely disagree with that."

Questioning him about being back at the property, Mr Ewing later said: "You forced yourself on a woman who was in a drunken stupor."

He replied: "No."

The advocate depute suggested the Kavasogullari would "not take no for an answer" that night.

Mr Ewing: "You followed her into the flat. She immediately - or almost immediately - fell asleep on the bed, passed out drunk.

"You took advantage of her."

Kavasogullari: "No, it was consensual."

 

Mr Ewing went on: "When she regained her senses you were on top of her.

"You held her down and she struggled. You continued to have sex with her."

Kavasogullari replied that was an "appalling thing" and "did not happen".

Mr Ewing said Kavasogullari slapped and bit the woman before leaving her "bruised and bleeding" in the bed.

He replied: "No, sir."

The trial, before Judge Alistair Watson, continues on Monday.