A North-West policeman heard a distressed female before officers smashed their way into a cabin where a woman was allegedly being raped, a judge was told.
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Heath Lance Chatters allegedly raped a North-West worker in September 2015 after robbing her at knifepoint.
It is alleged he took her to a caravan park and raped her in a cabin.
On Wednesday afternoon, Sgt Steve Keiselis told Justice Michael Brett police approached the cabin and he heard the “sound of a distressed female”.
They tried to get inside, but the cabin was locked, and police smashed a glass door to gain entry, Sgt Keiselis said.
He said he saw Chatters kneeling on the bed naked, and a distressed and dishevelled woman who said: “Help me, help me.”
“She said: ‘I didn’t think anyone was going to come,’ “ he said.
Defence counsel Greg Richardson asked Sgt Keiselis if he had “ever heard a woman in the throes of sexual excitement”.
“Absolutely,” Sgt Keiselis said.
Mr Richardson asked if it sounded like what he heard outside the cabin.
Sgt Keiselis said it did not.
The woman also gave evidence.
Chatters last year pleaded guilty to one count of rape, one count of armed robbery and two counts of assault.
He is seeking to change the pleas.
On Wednesday morning, Mr Richardson told Justice Brett he would apply for leave for Chatters to withdraw the guilty pleas.
Mr Richardson said he would then apply for an adjournment of the case “for some time”.
Mr Richardson said he became involved last week and needed to go through a massive amount of material.
Also, Mr Richardson said, Chatters had told him he had what he believed was an allergic reaction to washing powder or liquid and that he was suffering from a blood infection.
Mr Richardson said he was instructed that caused dizziness, confusion and nausea, and had been a factor when Chatters entered pleas last year.
Justice Brett asked what the basis was for applying to withdraw the pleas.
Mr Richardson said the bases were:
Evidence of pressure placed on Chatters to enter pleas he did not agree with; and
the “real risk” of a miscarriage of justice if leave to lodge an application was not granted.
“On my instructions, he is not guilty to all the matters to which he pleaded guilty,” Mr Richardson said.
Earlier this year, Acting Justice David Porter refused an application by Chatters to change his pleas.
Chatters’ next appearance on the matter will be in Hobart in June.
That will also be before Justice Brett.