A FRIEND of a man accused by Eleanor Williams of raping her has told a court he was with him the entire night in question.

Corie McKenna gave evidence in the witness box as the trial at Preston Crown Court passed into its third week.

Williams, 21, who faces multiple charges of perverting the course of justice, alleged Mr Trengove raped her on three occasions, including on the night on May 5 2019.

Questioned by prosecution barrister Barbara Webster, McKenna told the court he had been living at Mr Trengove's house for 'two to three weeks' at the time.

He said he was with Mr Trengove all night on the night when Mr Trengove was alleged by Williams to have raped her.

He told the court a friend, Eleanor Griffiths, came to the house and they had takeaway pizza.

"After she left we just chilled out," he said.

"We just sat in and played games and that."

He described seeing the police come to the house to arrest Mr Trengove the following Monday morning.

Questioned by defence barrister Louise Blackwell KC, he said Mr Trengove had asked him to 'hide my phone' but Mr McKenna gave it to police.

Ms Blackwell asked him about a statement he gave to police on June 11 2019, in which he told officers: "I was made to say what I did by Jordan and his mother Kim Trengove."

He said: "She told me what to put in the statement, not my own words."

He said Kim Trengove told him to tell police that Mr Trengove and him did not go out.

Asked if she told him to say that, he said: "Yes."

On why might have said that to him, he answered: "I don't know. She just wanted to say that for Jordan's sake I guess."

He said: "I was scared in case anything happened to me if I didn't go along with it."

Asked by Ms Blackwell if he was scared of Jordan and Kim Trengove, he said: "At the time, yes. That family can do anything."

The court was also read a statement by Eleanor Griffiths.

She confirmed she had visited Mr Trengove's house on May 5 to play games with him and Mr McKenna.

She said they had a takeaway ordered by Mr Trengove's mum and she left between 9pm and 9.30pm.

She said a few days later Mr Trengove told her he had been arrested but not the reason why.

She said she thought it was sexual offences because the word 'rapist' had been graffitied on his house.

Earlier in the trial, Mr Trengove told the court he had been playing video games into the early hours on the night Williams alleged that he raped her.

Williams, of Teasdale Road on Walney, denies seven charges of perverting the course of justice.

The trial continues.