Man denies raping woman in tent at Green Man festival

A WOMAN was raped in her tent by a man at the Green Man Festival, a court has heard.

- PHILIP DEWEY

Green Man festival annually attracts around 25,000 people to the Glanusk Estate, Crickhowell.

The man denies rape and claims sexual activity between the two of them was consensual.Thomas Mason, 28, is accused of raping the alleged victim and of sexually assaulting her by penetration at the annual music festival in Crickhowell, Powys.

‘The complainant was later heard crying in her tent and fears the defendant may have taken an image of her on his phone.

A trial at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court yesterday heard Mason and the complainant were not known to each other, but met while dancing in a tent. The woman said she had been drinking alcohol and had taken ecstasy that night. She and the defendant began kissing and they agreed to go back to her tent.