A FORMER city student accused of rape denied going 'berserk' for sex during alleged attacks on four women.

Two alleged attacks are said to have happened in Worcester on the same night after Ringer walked both women home, raping one after sexually assaulting the other. Former University of Worcester student Sam Ringer denies two rapes, two sexual assaults and one assault by penetration at his trial at Hereford Crown Court.

The 20-year-old claimed the women were 'flirty' and sexual activity was consensual when cross-examined yesterday. Two of the alleged Worcester victims are said to have been attacked on January 16 last year.

A third city woman says Ringer raped her on November 14, 2017 and a fourth that he sexually assaulted her on July 12 last year in Ilkeston, Derbyshire.

Andrew Jackson, prosecuting, said: "You have been exposed as that person who left his home and was going berserk for his interest in sex."

Ringer replied: "That's completely wrong."

Mr Jackson asked him: "You're the victim of false complaints?"

"Yes, I would put it that way," said Ringer.

Mr Jackson referred to blood stains on the duvet of one alleged Worcester victim. Ringer replied: "I can't say how that got there."

He put it to Ringer, then living at St John's campus, that he was 'determined on having sex that night' (January 16). But he denied this or taking advantage of the drunken condition of both women. The prosecution say Ringer assaulted a woman in her city flat, prompting her to punch him in the face and that she messaged a friend while Ringer was in her room, texting 'please come'. It is then said he 'scarpered' after she rejected his advances and her friends arrived. Mr Jackson said: "You're quite a lucky bloke with all these women setting the ball rolling for you?"

Ringer, the grandson of a vicar, laughed, shrugged and said: "I guess so."

Anna Midgley, defending, read out two character references, one from a youth group leader who said Ringer was 'a funny, kind and engaging young man' and that the behaviour he was accused of was 'not in his nature'. Ringer's father Tim, called as a witness, said his son grew up in 'a loving Christian home', calling him 'a loving son'.

The trial continues.