Majak Daw rape trial: Alleged victim’s teacher tells court girl became emotional wreck

A TEACHER who taught a student that claims to have been raped by footballer Majak Daw has described the teenager’s shocking transformation following the alleged 2007 attack.

The teacher said the once happy and bubbly 15-year old descended into an emotional wreck in the months following the alleged attack.

“One day she looked vacant and wasn’t herself,’’ she told the jury.

“She was visibly upset.’’

Daw has pleaded not guilty in the County Court to three counts of rape over the alleged attack beside Skeleton Creek in Altona Meadows when aged 16.

The 15-year old girl was allegedly raped by the Sudanese-born footballer at a house party attended by up to 100 teens.

The teacher, who cannot be named, said the alleged victim cried uncontrollably when pressed on the matter.

“I recall … sitting across from her and her saying ‘I’ve been raped’,’’ she said.

She said the teenager told her she had attended a party and walked off with Daw.

“And then she was raped by Majak,’’ she said.

The teacher told the jury it was as if a weight had been lifted off the girl when she confided in her.

But she said the student later felt betrayed when she told her superiors of the allegation and the police became involved.

Earlier, the court heard a friend who attended the party with the alleged victim claimed she named the footballer as her attacker that night.

Blake McKenna recounted the moments immediately after his friend claimed she was raped by Daw.

“She was distraught,’’ he said.

“She was screaming and mumbling her words.’’

When asked what had happened, the alleged victim directly told Mr McKenna that she had been raped.

Mr McKenna said he carried his friend through a vacant block to a secluded area where the victim was questioned by her best friend.

“(She) asked who did it and (the victim) answered with Majak,’’ he said.

A former workmate of the alleged victim also told the court she confided in her that the footballer had raped her.

“She explained to me that she was at a party and things got a little out of hand,’’ she said. “When she asked the guy to stop he didn’t … she said his name was Majak.’’

The trial continues.

wayne.flower@news.com.au