Accused 'liked raping little girls'

A 12-year-old Oamaru girl worried she was pregnant after a condom broke when an alleged sex offender raped her.

In an angry outburst in the High Court at Timaru yesterday, the witness called the defendant a rapist, who "liked raping little girls''.

She gave evidence that during intercourse he said, "I am raping you'' and also told her he was preparing her for when she was older.

Former Oamaru Child Youth and Family home caregiver Frank Russell Walmsley (57) faces 101 charges, including 16 of rape involving eight teenagers.

He has pleaded not guilty to the charges, which stem from alleged incidents between 1995 and 2012.

Between 1995 and 2000, Walmsley and his wife were caregivers at the Oamaru CYF home.

Four of the complainants were in his care during that time.

After leaving the home, Walmsley continued as a life coach and worked with the remaining four complainants, who were all known to each other.

The police interview of the fifth complainant was played to the jury of six men and six women. It was recorded on February 5, 2014.

Walmsley faces 32 charges in relation to this complainant, including five representative charges of rape, six charges of sexual conduct with a person under 12 years and eight charges of sexual conduct with a person under 16 years.

The alleged offending began in 2005 and continued until 2011.

The girl was taken to Walmsley for counselling in 2005.

"I was having trouble at school. Dad took me to him.

"I told him I wanted to be a model. He took my clothes off me and took photos of me. He took me into his and his wife's bedroom and threw me down on the bed, held me down and had sex with me. I didn't know what it was at first; I just knew it was wrong.

"He told me not to tell anyone and that no-one would believe me anyway.

"He told me another girl tried to tell on him and that he got away with it and the case was thrown away.''

Another time, he had sex with her in the shower and took her for fish and chips afterwards, she said.

"He said he was preparing me for when I got older. I thought that it must happen to every girl.''

It was not until she watched a safety video at school she realised what was happening was wrong.

Another time, she witnessed him raping another complainant, she said.

She would try to protect the other complainants.

"I knew if I didn't go [with Walmsley] it was going to happen to one of the others.

"When I started developing a little bit, he thought it was great.''

On one occasion, his wife was upstairs for the four hours she was in the basement with Walmsley, who assaulted her.

One day when he raped her the condom broke, she said.

"I was worried I might be pregnant and I was 12.

"I said once 'have you been raping me' and he said 'yes'. After, when he was having sex, he would say 'I am raping you, I am raping you' and had a rough voice.''

During cross-examination by defence counsel Craig Ruane, she was asked if the alleged rapes did not happen.

"It did happen,'' she yelled.

"Maybe you should try telling the truth, how much he liked raping little girls. He seemed very proud of it. Is he a little upset? He should be. You should have seen his face when he was raping me. He loved every second of it.

"Do you feel good defending a rapist?''

The trial continues today.

The Crown expects to finish its case on Monday.