Accused rapist told girl she ‘needed to learn how to do these things’

A babysitter raped a girl after telling her she ‘needed to learn how to do these things’, a court heard. Randolf Patton, 57, allegedly put the girl through a series of sex attacks between 1997 and 2000. The alleged victim first complained to police in 2000, but the charges were dropped later that year. But she made new allegations last year because she could ‘no longer live with them’, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard. Allison Hunter, QC, prosecuting, said: ‘Back in…