Saudi millionaire cleared of raping teenage girl after telling court he may have accidentally penetrated her when he tripped and fell on her

A Saudi millionaire has been cleared of raping a teenager after claiming he might have accidentally penetrated the 18-year-old when he tripped and fell. The Property developer Ehsan Abdulaziz, 46, was accused of forcing himself on the young woman as she slept off a night of drinking on the sofa in his plush flat in Maida Vale, west London.

He had already had sex with her 24-year-old friend and said he might have fallen on top of the teenager while his penis was poking out the top of his underwear. Married father-of-one Mr Abdulaziz was cleared of one count of rape following a trial at Southwark Crown Court.

The women met Mr Abdulaziz in the exclusive Cirque le Soir nightclub in the West End on 7 August last year.

Mr Abdulaziz, who had known the 24-year-old for around seven months, invited the friends to join him at his private £1,000-a-night table and bought both women a round of drinks.

He later offered them a ride home in his Aston Martin.

He had paid £1,000 for a private table in the club, and had bought both the girls a round of drinks. 

The three went back to his apartment, where he offered them vodka before taking the 24-year-old into the bedroom for sex.

The teenager claimed she woke in the early hours of the morning to find Mr Abdulaziz on top of her, forcing himself inside her.

Outlining the case at the start of the trial last week, Jonathan Davies, prosecuting, had told the court: 'She said "what are you doing?" he said "it's fine" indicating that her friend was asleep. She got up to find her friend, tried to wake her but couldn't, she then tried to get out of the flat as quickly as she could. 

'She was very upset about what had happened to her and because she couldn't wake her friend, she called two friends, she then called the police.'

When Mr Abdulaziz was arrested, the court was told he had responded: 'She'll have to prove it.'

Mr Abdulaziz said he had gone to wake the young woman to offer her a T-shirt to sleep in, or to offer to pay for a taxi home, but that she pulled him on top of her and placed his hand between her legs. 

But he said she become angry when he had offered to call her a taxi and stormed into the bedroom to wake her friend.