A girl has instructed a trial she was sexually abused by a prime lawyer as a baby.
The 50-year-old mentioned advocate John Watt groped her in mattress throughout a attorneys’ occasion at a property in Edinburgh metropolis centre.
She instructed the jury that at one social gathering she had been asleep in mattress earlier than being woken by Watt on the bed room door.
Prosecutor Katy Harper requested what occurred and the witness replied: “I feel he mentioned one thing about being chilly or drained … and received into mattress, my mattress.
“As I used to be mendacity there he put his hand down my pyjama bottoms, I used to be dealing with away from the door.”
The lady mentioned she instructed her mother and father and didn't see Watt, from Glasgow, once more.
He denies utilizing lewd, indecent and libidinous practices on the witness between 1978 and 1983.
Watt is accused of raping one other woman aged seven to 11 between 1973 and 1978 at an deal with within the west finish of the town.
Watt has lodged a particular defence incriminating deceased solicitor Richard Watt.
John Watt can also be accused of indecent practices with a 12-year-old boy between 1973 and 1987 in Leith, and indecent assault between 1978 and 1983 on a lady aged 9 to 14 in Edinburgh.
The trial on the Excessive Courtroom in Glasgow continues.
The lady instructed the court docket in proof that she was conscious of Watt being a member of the School of Advocates.
She acknowledged that he attended social gatherings on the property in Edinburgh metropolis centre with different friends reminiscent of advocate Lawrence Nisbet and deceased lawyer Invoice Fotheringham.
The lady claimed at one social gathering she went to mattress and was asleep earlier than being awakened by Watt on the bed room door.
She mentioned: “He seemed to be taking his footwear off as if he was going to get undressed or one thing.”
Prosecutor Katy Harper requested what occurred and the witness replied: “I feel he mentioned one thing about being chilly or drained...and received into mattress, my mattress.
“As I used to be mendacity there he put his hand down my pyjama bottoms, I used to be dealing with away from the door.”
It was then the lady instructed the jury that Watt touched her inappropriately along with his hand.
The lady acknowledged that Watt then left the room.
Miss Harper requested what was going by means of her thoughts.
The lady mentioned: “I knew it wasn’t proper however I've a lawyer...in mattress, you suppose one thing is occurring which isn't proper.”
The lady claimed that she later knowledgeable her mother and father and that she didn't see Watt once more in particular person after the alleged incident.
Donald Findlay QC, defending, quizzed the witness concerning the time of the incident wherein she claimed that there was gentle within the room.
Mr Findlay mentioned: “If John got here to your room at the moment within the morning, he would have had lots to drink?”
The witness replied: “Probably.”
The trial acknowledged on the Excessive Courtroom in Glasgow continues.
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