The second defense witness in Michael Shalendra Pratap’s rape trial has told the Suva High Court that she saw Pratap at Fiji National University’s Hoodless House car park at around 4.30pm on 22nd January last year.
46-year-old Viniana Yauva who is a security officer at the Hoodless House at Brown Street in Suva says Pratap was there to pick his wife.
It is alleged that Pratap who is a former Police officer raped a 17-year-old girl between 5 to 5.30pm on 22nd January in Suva last year.
Yauva told the court the she was standing at the main entrance with Pratap’s wife when he came to pick her between 4.30 to 4.37pm.
When DPP lawyer, Meli Vosawale asked her to describe Pratap’s car she told the court that she could not recall the color of the vehicle that was driven by Pratap.
Yauva also told the court that she stood there until Pratap’s wife got into the car.
She told the court that she is not related to Pratap.
Pratap is charged with three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
The trial continues today.
