Court hears alleged victim of child sex offences wished she’d said ‘stop please’

A girl drew a picture of a Spalding man who is alleged to have abused her to help process what had happened, a court heard.

Marvin Scampion, 47, of Edward Road, is on trial at Lincoln Crown Court. He denies nine sexual offences against two children and one charge of child cruelty.

The charges include two allegations of sexually assaulting a girl under 13 by touching and two charges of engaging in sexual activity while the girl was present.

Those four charges are alleged to have occurred between January 2015 and July 2016.

Giving evidence the complainant, now a young woman, was shown four drawings she made before the police investigation.

“I’ve always found art therapeutic, a safe space to put out my feelings,” the complainant explained.

The complainant, who can not be named to protect her anonymity, was asked to explain the meaning of one drawings which she said depicted her and Scampion.

“On the left is the depiction of me, on the right is the depiction of him,” she said.

“This was drawn around the time I began processing what I had gone through.”

She added: “The person on the right has control of the situation and is care-free.”

The complainant was also asked to explain some of the words she had written on the drawing including the phrase ‘stop please.’

She replied: ” ‘Stop please’ is something I wished I’d said.”

Answering questions from defence barrister, Barnaby Shaw, the complainant maintained Scampion would push up against her in a sexual way and look down her top.

Scampion also denies five sexual charges against a boy under the age of 13 between April 2008 and December 2011.

They include a charge of attempted rape, two charges of sexual assault, one count of causing a child to watch a sexual act and one charge of causing or inciting a boy under 13 to engage in sexual activity.

Scampion also denies a tenth charge of cruelty to a child aged under 16.

The trial continues.

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