‘Woman assaulted when she bent over to see dog trick’

A woman was sexually assaulted when she bent over to watch a dog do a trick at a barbeque, a court heard.

Christopher Gates, 31, asked to the woman to watch the performing pet, Westminster Magistrates Court heard.

Prosecutor Komal Varsani said: ‘She got into a bent over position waiting for the dog to perform the trick.

‘The defendant approached and thrust his penis into her back and lifted her dress up.

‘There are also messages from him to her which read: ‘You should have let me do it.

‘I would have carried on, I would have loved to’’.

Gates appeared in the dock wearing a wore a long navy jacket, black shirt and cream trousers.

Magistrate Alexia Fetherstonhaugh granted him bail on the condition he does not contact the woman or go near her address.

Gates, of Aisgill Avenue, Fulham, denies sexual assault and will next appear at Isleworth Crown Court on 22 April.

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