The Witness

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Paul Gascoigne arriving at Teesside Crown Court for the start of The Trial

Former footballer Paul Gascoigne "powerful and sloppy", and kissed a woman on The Lips while drunk on a train, a court has heard.

The 52-year-old is accused of being a "nasty" sex attack on the service from York to Newcastle in August 2018.

The ex-England star, who denies sexual assault by touching, told the police that he had "kissed a fat girl," her a "confidence boost", The Jury said.

was shocked, The Complainant left "and upset", Teesside Crown Court heard.

the Opening of the case for The Prosecution , William Mousley QC said: "This case concerns a short, but unpleasant attack with sexual overtones on a train. "

The Jury heard that after his arrest, Mr Gascoigne, who now lives in Leicester, police said it was "a kiss on The Lips ," and indicated that he did not consider it as a serious matter.

Face of passengers

Mr Mousley said The Woman , who had been on the trip home, noticed a "shouty and sweary" the passenger behind her.

The Prosecutor's office said that after the draw the attention of The Man , The Woman learned later was Mr Gascoigne, who had tried on them.

After The Woman tried to escape from the former footballer, he put his hands on her cheeks and kissed her, the court heard.

In the case of confrontation with other passengers, the former Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Rangers, Middlesbrough and Everton midfielder told them he had tried to give her a "confidence boost", the court heard.

Mr Mousley added that, when questioned by the police, The Accused had tried to defend himself by saying: the other passengers had teasingly build about her and that he had given her a "peck on The Lips to calm her down".

the description of the alleged offense as a "blatant act", the Prosecutor added that it was "involved humiliating" for The Woman , and added: "Maybe it was to show Him . "

He added: "The accusation is, this was a sexual assault and we will try to prove it, by making sure there was Nothing Else . "

Mr. Gascoigne smiled at the spectators outside of the court

The Complainant, what is a proof behind a screen, told The Jury The Kiss was "powerful" and not "like a kiss on the cheek".

you said, you noticed, Mr Gascoigne gave It as "very noisy" on The Train , and added: "many of the cans on The Floor . "

'I'm just frozen'

she told The Jury , you will ignore on your headphones, and tried to, The Noise of Mr Gascoigne behind her.

"He said sorry," She Said of The Jury . "I said: 'It is good'. I was Just Looking out of The Window .

"He said sorry a second time, And Then she tapped my arm.

"I turned to Him and he grabbed my face and kissed me full on The Lips , and I was surprised because it was just completely out of The Blue . I froze completely. "

Mr Gascoigne's lawyer, Michelle Heeley QC, asked The Woman , who will not be named for legal reasons, if a fellow had said after The Kiss : "You have a responsibility to other women on This Train , to Do Something about [The Incident ]. "

The Woman said: "I had to report my mind, to to travel to the police, because it was undesired behavior, there was no reason to change my part, no attention wanted Him to do. "

at the conclusion of their studies, evidence, she added, to excuse any attempt by Mr Gascoigne, it was only for appearance, says the court: "He just wanted to sorry to say for the sake, and not because it was actually meant to be. "

A female passenger who was in The Train of The Jury told that they saw, to tell Mr. Gascoigne kiss the wife, that the alleged victim was "very shaken".

she told Teesside Crown Court that, shortly after The Incident she had heard of the former footballer say: "I was just trying to give her some confidence. "

The Witness said that earlier on the trip, she had seen Mr Gascoigne a drink from a milk carton, saying: "It was the color of milk. "

The study, which continued due to the last Five Days .

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