A TEENAGE girl was raped after meeting a member of the army at a youth club in Westhoughton, a court was told.

Robert Stewart denies raping and indecently assaulting the girl.

The incident is alleged to have taken place at a disused building in Westhoughton in the summer of 1994, Bolton Crown Court heard.

In a police interview from 2012 the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she had gone to a church-based youth club in Westhoughton with a friend.

The jury heard she met Stewart the first time she went, and arranged to meet again at the club the following week.

When the pair met she said that Stewart — who she says was in the army and was 19 at the time — bought some alcohol then took her to the disused building.

The girl said that Stewart’s behaviour changed and he became aggressive before allegedly raping her.

In the interview, she said: “We went to this building which was being built off Cricketers Way. There were no locks on it.

“I thought we would just be kissing and holding hands.

“Once we got in there he totally changed, and started shouting and being aggressive, and told me to get against the wall.”

“I remember crying and saying ‘Please stop, I want to go home, I won’t tell anyone’.

“When we went outside the building he just changed back again, asking me what kind of music I like, and he was just normal.

“I didn’t tell anyone — I was too scared of people talking about me and brining shame on my family."

She told the jury that she had since suffered from depression and anorexia, and that two weeks after the incident she took an overdose.

She added that she did not previously feel she had the words to describe the incident, and that she came forward in June 2012 after counselling sessions.

The court heard that there was medical records showing that the girl had been referred to hospital following the incident.

Nicola Gatto, defending, said Stewart’s claims he was not at the youth club at the time of the alleged offences.

Stewart denies raping and indecently assaulting a child under the age of 16.

The trial continues.