A MAN charged with assisting the alleged assault "knew he was leaving someone capable of rape in a room with a very drunk girl," a court heard.

An 18-year-old A Level student was attacked in a house owned by the parents of Safaraz Khan, who is accused of encouraging and assisting Abdi Mohammed in the victim's assault.

Southampton Crown Court heard that Khan, 20, left Mohammed, 21, in his bedroom after the pair had picked up the girl from outside Oceana nightclub and took her back to the home in Derby Road.

Andrew Houston, prosecuting, said: "We say you knew Mohammed was somebody capable of raping and you allowed him to take a girl who was very drunk back to a house.

"You helped bring her into your house, putting a drunk girl in a room with a man you thought was capable of rape."

Mr Houston added: "Another friend in the car that night gave Mohammed a warning not to do anything with her, not to have sex because if she was drunk and could not remember it, it could be a rape case."

Khan, who continued giving evidence at the trial yesterday, repeatedly denied ever allowing Mohammed to have sex in his house as "he does not expect friends to do that in my home."

After the alleged incident, which took place in August 2016 on A Level results night, Khan and Mohammed were arrested.

Mohammed made no comment interviews but Khan said to police that he thought his co-defendant would "do something crazy like this one day" and was "touchy feely" with women.

Richard Onslow, mitigating for Mohammed, accused Khan of lying to officers "to make them think less about you and drop Mohammed in it."

In his evidence, Mohammed said he “touched the girl because Khan told him to” but denied raping her.

The court heard his DNA had been found on the victim.

Mohammed refused to call the victim a liar but said she had “her own opinion” of the incident.

Mohammed, of Tennyson Road, Portswood, was charged with rape, while Khan was charged with assisting in the offence. Both deny the allegations. The trial continues.