Woman in civil servant rape case describes accused

A Lord Chancellor's official accused of raping a senior civil servant was the sort of man who "talked to your t**s," his alleged victim told the Old Bailey this afternoon.

The 38-year-old woman said bachelor Michael Burrell was the sort of man who existed in every office.

She said Burrell used to hang around her office and he became the butt of office gossip.

"When you think they are talking to you, they are talking to your t**s, and he was that kind of man," she said.

Burrell, 36, who is a civil servant with the Department of Constitutional Affairs, is accused of rape and indecent assault in a government building in September last year.

The senior civil servant, who often worked late, said Burrell "hung around my office a lot" and tried to make conversation when she was trying to get on with her work.

The case continues.