THE partner of an alleged sex abuse victim has told a jury she was "distraught" when she told him what had happened to her as a child.
The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was speaking on the second day of Ricky Elliott's trial.
Elliott, of Brighton Road, Alvaston, denies sexually abusing three young girls when he was a teenager.
The 33-year-old is alleged to have indecently assaulted the girls – aged between six and 10 – when he was 15 and 16 years old.
The partner of the victim, who is alleged to have suffered the most abuse as a child at the hands of Elliott, told Derby Crown Court that she told him three to four years ago – a couple of years before she went to the police in August 2011.
The man said: "She just broke down and said 'I have got something to tell you'."
Asked by prosecutor Laura Pitman how she had been while telling him about it, he said: "Distraught, crying her eyes out, not wanting to tell me but when she did it was a relief for her."
"Did the two of you ever talk about it again?" asked Ms Pitman. He replied: "She basically told me everything on that night and that was it.
"I had been told enough information – I didn't want to know anything more."
Mark Achurch raised the fact that the woman was now applying for compensation and asked the man if this was a lie they had made up.
The man insisted it was not a lie.
On Monday, the jury heard that the woman had told officers that Elliott touched her sexually beneath her clothes regularly over a six-month period and that on a couple of occasions he had indecently assaulted her while they watched pornographic films together.
It is alleged that he indecently assaulted the other two women when they were children, each on one occasion.
The trial continues.
