An alleged rape victim has denied that she willingly had sex with four men she did not know in a graveyard at night in York.

The 37-year-old deaf woman also denied that she went arm-and-arm with a "spiky haired man" from the Reflex bar, in George Hudson Street, to St Martin's Churchyard, off Micklegate.

She refuted defence suggestions that she had indicated she wanted to have sex with the man, kissed him at the graveyard and then had sex with him at the same time as she performed a sex act on another man.

She claimed that six men, including the spiky haired man, sexually assaulted her as she lay face down on a grave.

"I was frightened and shocked and I was exposed," she said.

"They were swapping around. I couldn't see who it was. I could feel that the spiky-haired man was laughing. He had his hand on my neck. He was pushing me down," she claimed.

"I tried to make a sound, but every time I made a sound his hand was over my mouth.

"It was very difficult to see. I think there were another five men (apart from the spiky man). I didn't know any of them."

The prosecution alleges that Legowski was the spiky-haired man.

Marcin Rafal Legowski, 24, Cesary Krasnopolski, 26, Dominik Lech Knoblauch, 22, all formerly of Lincoln Street, York, and Janusz Rucinski, 24, formerly of Bishophill Road, York, all deny a charge of rape. All four are Polish.

On her second day in the witness box at Leeds Crown Court, the woman claimed she had had three half-pints of lager and a Martini and Coke to drink by the early hours of November 13, 2005.

In the Reflex bar, she noticed a "spiky-haired" man walking up and down and she alleged that he was gesturing to her.

Although she ignored him at first, she then went over to him to find out what he wanted. She said she didn't know who he was and could not understand what he was saying because she is deaf.

When he went outside she followed as she claimed he was putting pressure on her. She denied a suggestion by Legowski's barrister, Graham Hyland QC, that they walked hand-in-hand to the graveyard and that she had indicated she wanted sex with him.

She alleged that the spiky-haired man took her arm with a light touch that did not hurt and dragged her towards the churchyard.

"I felt very strange and weak and light-headed. I didn't seem able to do anything about it," she claimed.

"I was disorientated."

She alleged she had left her drink on a table at Reflex while she went to the toilet.

After she returned, she was not sure if she picked up the right drink, but the alcohol she did drink tasted strange.

The trial continues.