‘Please respect when someone says no’

A woman who claims she was assaulted by an investment banker at his £1m apartment sent him a message telling him to ‘please respect when someone says no’, a court heard. Varun Venaik, 31, kissed and touched the woman intimately before forcing himself on her at his flat in Upper Montagu Street, Marylebone, on 31 July last year. Australian Venaik is accused of raping the woman after they met on the Bumble dating website. Giving evidence yesterday he said they…