Rape or consensual sex?

Rape or consensual sex?

BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Local police doubt a 16-year-old girl was raped, saying they have found evidence she consented to having sex with her accused attacker, Antara reported.

The girl turned up at the South Lampung Police Precinct in tears during the Idul Fitri holiday last week.

She said she had just got off the ferry from Merak and was taking a rest near the port when the man approached her.

He offered to give her a lift to just outside of the town, but instead he took her to an empty house and raped her, she said.

South Lampung Police Chief Lt. Col. Abdul Wahid said there were indications she consented to have sexual intercourse.

"It certainly was not rape," he stated.

The investigation was shelved because the girl could not be contacted at her home village and the alleged attacker, whose identity was known to the police, had left town. (emb)