Sydney chef accused of spiking drink and raping co-worker
A Sydney chef is facing court over allegations he spiked a co-workers drink and raped her.
A jury has heard that the 33-year-old chef allegedly brought his co-worker to his unit for what she thought was a work handover before he spiked her tea and raped her while she was unconscious.
She stated that she woke in her own bed the next day, with no memory of what had happened after she drank the tea in one gulp. Her housemate said the man had brought her over claiming she had heat stroke.
The Crown alleges the married man spiked the tea with an insomnia drug called Triazolam before giving it to the then 20-year-old, who hails from China.
"I felt dizzy, nauseated and I just wanted to vomit. I felt very feeble, I tried to get up but I couldn't," she said through an interpreter.
The woman had recently quit her job at the restaurant owned by the father of the accused man and given her two weeks' notice.
The man denied drugging her drink and told Police he'd had sex with the woman on a number of occasions because they were in a relationship, according to the prosecutor.
The trial continues.
Sheridan Randall, 16th January 2019
