A student has told the Old Bailey that he awoke 'sore and naked' after being given a drink by Stephen Port, a man accused of four murders and a string of rapes. The alleged victim, who cannot be named, said he fell unconscious at Port's east London flat in June 2014.
The court heard the pair had arranged to meet via gay dating website Fitlads. The man said he visited Port's flat three times previously, where they watched TV and chatted. On the fourth occasion, he was offered a glass of Coke after refusing an alcoholic drink, and his throat burned 'immediately', as if someone had 'poured acid' down it.
During a fifth visit, the man said Port gave him a massage and offered him amyl nitrate, also known as poppers, which caused him to fall asleep. When he woke, Port gave him a glass of clear liquid, saying it was water. 'The next thing I remember I was on the floor screaming and shouting. It was like I was going mad,' he told jurors.
He added he was naked, did not know his own name, where he was or who he was. 'I felt like I never had any control over my body.' When he got home, he called Port and shouted: 'What did you give me? What the hell did you give me, because it certainly wasn't poppers?'
The court heard Port took him to Barking train station, where police and ambulance were called. During cross-examination, the man said he decided not to file a police report as he was worried his parents would find out. He said he thought he was going to die in the flat and 'if the police were not in the station, I don't know what he'd have done'.
PC Alesha Owers, from British Transport Police, said Port was 'worried and jittery' at the station, claimed the young man 'arrived at his address in that state', and admitted taking meth. Port, 41, denies 29 charges including murder, manslaughter, drugging, rape and sexual assault.
