A POLICE officer allegedly raped a sleeping woman and later told her nobody would believe her, a trial has heard.

Kevin McKeown is said to have attacked the 47 year-old who she believed due to his job he would be "the safest person in the room".

The 55 year-old is on trial charged with raping the woman at a property in Maybole between January 31 and July 1 1997.

He denies the allegation at the High Court in Glasgow.

The woman's pre-recorded testimony was played to jurors today [Thursday, January 7].

She had been living with a relative at the time, who had a friend in the police.

This man visited along with his then colleague McKeown.

The woman - who knew McKeown to be a police officer - did not drink alcohol that night as she was on medication.

She ended up alone in the living room with him.

Prosecutor Jo McDonald put to the woman: “Did you feel threatened by him?"

The woman replied: “No, as he was police officer, he would be the safest man in the room.”

She recalled dozing off due to her medication.

Miss McDonald then asked: “What woke you up?”

The woman replied: “The man was on top of me having sex...it’s just a wee bit hard to talk about.

“He was lying on top of me…and my arms were above me being held face down.”

The woman claimed she was quiet, but was shaken. She asked him to get off her.

She went on: “I did not want to get in an even worse thing.

"Things were going through my head - maybe he was smothering me.

“I didn’t want him ending my life. I said you are not getting away with this.

“He said no one is going to believe you. He a weird look on his face.”

It was not until October 2018 that the matter was reported to the police.

McKeown is also accused of indecently assaulting another woman at a property in Ayr, Ayrshire between January 1 and December 31 1994.

It is claimed he attacked the woman while asleep and groped her.

McKeown, also of Maybole, also denies that charge.

The trial, before judge John McCormick, continues.