‘I didn’t turn up for my rape trial in Romania because mum didn’t tell me about it’

A Romanian rapist failed to turn up for his trial in his home country because his mum did not tell him about it, a court heard. Paul Cretu’s mother did not want him to know about his hearing for people trafficking and rape because ‘might upset him,’ it was said. Cretu, 29, was convicted in his absence – and fled to the UK. He called his mother to tell her ‘he never wanted to speak to me again because I…