Sofa sex was ‘rape attack’

A middle-aged man raped a teenage girl after barricading himself in a room with her at a house party, a court heard. Wernher Brion, 58, allegedly took advantage of the 17-year-old after inviting her and her friends back to his place in Abbey Wood, southeast London. Brion befriended the group while buying them drinks at The Duke pub in Erith, southeast London, on the night of 19 July 2015. They decided to carry on the evening at Brion’s house but…