Taxi driver reveals what happened before, after Jarryd Hayne sexual assault

Hayne is dealing with as much as 14 years in jail after the jury accepted a then 26-year-old lady didn’t consent to him performing oral and digital intercourse on her contained in the Fletcher residence she shared together with her mom.

The assault came about after Hayne stopped in on the lady’s home on the way in which again to Sydney after spending two days partying and ingesting with mates at a bucks occasion.

Ms Morel advised the courtroom she picked Hayne up from the New Lambton home the place a lot of the bucks was being held, waited 46 minutes outdoors the house because the assault came about and finally drove him to Sydney.

The presence of the taxi proved essential, with the lady – who can’t be recognized for authorized causes – insisting she refused to present consent as a result of he had a journey ready to take him again to Sydney.

After being alerted to the job, Ms Morel made her approach to choose up Hayne the place his former teammate Kane Evans negotiated the worth with the taxi driver.

She advised the courtroom Hayne paid the $550 upfront as quickly as he obtained into the taxi.

Ms Morel set off on her journey as Hayne sat within the again ingesting his Vodka Cruiser.

But he shortly advised her they wanted to make a detour and cease at a home in Fletcher to “pick up a bag”.

The taxi driver mentioned it was advantageous as the home wasn’t removed from the M3 and Hayne directed her utilizing the GPS system on his telephone.

She observed he was on his telephone “quite a bit” earlier than arriving on the home and assuring her he would solely be a couple of minutes.

As Hayne walked into the home, Ms Morel advised the courtroom he positioned an empty bottle on the letterbox.

“It was a half-drunk bottle of the mixed drink,” she mentioned.

While she waited for Hayne, Ms Morel despatched a textual content message to a colleague, estimating she had waited about “half an hour or a bit more maybe”.

As time went on, she grew to become more and more impatient and puzzled why Hayne had not emerged.

Crown prosecutor John Sfinas advised the courtroom the sufferer mentioned she was first alerted to the presence of the taxi when she heard Ms Morel beeping her horn.

But in her proof, Ms Morel had no recollection.

“Somebody said that but I don’t remember doing that,” she advised the jury.

“It’s not something I would normally do but sometimes it has to be done, I don’t recall.”

As time went on, Ms Morel grew to become more and more impatient and puzzled why Hayne had not emerged.

Eventually, she went and knocked on the door, talking to the sufferer’s mom and asking to talk to Hayne.

“I asked her if Jarryd was coming soon or was he ready to go, or something along those lines,” Ms Morel advised the jury.

She mentioned she was feeling “annoyed or frustrated” as she wished to get on the highway to Sydney and head again to Newcastle.

“A few minutes later he leaned through the car window and said he’d be a few more minutes because his bag hadn’t arrived,” she went on.

Hayne finally returned they usually continued on to Sydney.

Hayne was convicted after the courtroom was advised that when he returned to the lady’s room, he carried out oral and digital intercourse on her regardless of her saying “stop” a number of occasions.

On the drive to Sydney, Hayne requested the driving force to cease at a service station so he may buy a telephone charger.

She finally dropped Hayne off in Alexandria, in inside Sydney, the place he was as a result of attend a operate.