A terrified teenager cried out for her mother as she was dragged at knifepoint from an Epsom pizza restaurant before being raped and stabbed in a “harrowing ordeal”, a court has heard.

Costica Voedes, 33, of Epsom High Street, told the 17-year-old victim “you are coming with me” as he marched her out of Pizza Hut in Waterloo Road, Guildford Crown Court was told.

It is alleged he then led her to nearby Court Recreation Ground (pictured below), where it is claimed he raped her twice and stabbed her in the stomach before leaving her for dead.

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The victim, a Romanian national, was taken to St George’s Hospital in Tooting, where she was able to use Google Translate to tell police: “Me raped.”

Voedes has admitted various charges relating to the attack including possessing an offensive weapon, witness intimidation, kidnap and wounding with intent but denies attempted murder and five counts of rape.

He is also accused of raping the girl’s mother.

Dominic Connolly, prosecuting, told the court that on June 17 this year, Voedes went into the restaurant armed with a knife to confront both mother and daughter at about 10.10pm.

When he saw the mother, he grabbed her by the hair.

Mr Connolly said: "She screamed because she didn't know what was happening, but luckily she managed to break free and ran out of the kitchen and onto the street, where she hid behind a parked car.”

The manager of the restaurant suffered arm injuries as he tried to intervene.

Most of the staff fled outside and saw Voedes appear with the teenager, still carrying the knife, the court heard.

Relaying the words of the manager, Mr Connolly told the court: "She looked petrified. She kept quietly shouting out ‘Mama, mama’.”

He then dragged her to an area with long grass in the Court Recreation Ground where he ordered the girl to remove her clothes and then raped her, the court heard.

Mr Connolly said: “The account that she gave was truly harrowing.

"He then forced her to lie down and when she was lying down he stabbed her with the knife in the stomach.

"With the knife still in her, he took hold of a bit of her flesh with his mouth and pulled it. He said he wanted to die with her.

"He then put his hand on her stomach as if to see if she was still breathing."

When she held her breath, he got up and walked off, thinking her to be dead, the court heard.

The girl was found by Surrey Police officers with a one-inch stab wound in her lower abdomen.

Voedes was arrested minutes later.

When Voedes was interviewed by detectives he gave no comment.

The trial continues.