‘He thought he’d get another sort of “No cheeky, not in there”.’

A barrister accused of raping his Tinder date ‘was not misreading cues because of his autism’, the Old Bailey heard. Robin Jacobs, 39, allegedly carried on the assault for up to 30 seconds after the woman screamed at him to stop. The couple had been on two dates before the incident in 2017 and had bonded over their work with disabled children. After meeting for a pizza in South Woodford on 17 September 2017, the pair returned to Jacobs’ flat…