Selfie queen Karen Danczuk’s brother ‘raped two schoolgirls and a woman in a sexual abuse spree spanning 18 years’
'Porn addict' Michael Burke, 38, is accused of repeatedly raping a nine-year-old girl when he was a teen for pleasure
THE BROTHER of selfie queen Karen Danczuk raped two young teenagers and an older woman for his own sexual gratification, a court was told yesterday.
Michael Burke, 38, was "a controlling, coercive and domineering "man who had "a flaw" in relationships with females, it is alleged.
Burke is the older brother of TV personality and former Labour councillor Karen who is famous for her revealing "selfies" and who is now separated from her MP husband Simon Danczuk.
The jury heard yesterday that Burke is accused of 15 rapes, one attempted rape and one indecent assault against three females over an 18-year period starting from the early 1990s when he was a teenager.
Prosecutor Peter Wright QC told a jury at Manchester crown court that the first two victims were "pre teens" when they were subjected to numerous sex attacks by Burke.
The third alleged victim was an older woman who was also allegedly raped between 2008 and 2010.
Mr Wright told the jury: "He is a man no doubt with many positive qualities but he has a flaw.
"That flaw is that in respect of each of them, he abused them for his own gratification."
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He added that the first alleged victim was aged between nine and 11 when she was "repeatedly raped" by Burke, who was then aged between 14 and 16.
Mr Wright said that Burke then ";turned his attention" toward the second alleged victim when he was 16.
The attacks allegedly continued for nearly three years and ended with an indecent assault in the street.
He was "controlling and violent" toward the girl who was "emotionally immature" at the age of 12 when the abuse began.
Mr Wright added: "He exploited that immaturity for his own sexual gratification.
"On occasions she was submissive and pliant and would put up no resistance.
"On occasions she would protest but her protestations would be ignored.
"He plied her with drink and she would become intoxicated and drowsy.
"She felt incapable of complaining.
“She felt ashamed and embarrassed about the sexual abuse she had endured."
Mr Wright said that the third victim was the same age as Burke and was raped three times over a two year period between 2008 and 2010 during which time Burke "watched a great deal of pornography."
Mr Wright said of the victims: "They were demeaned and abused and for many years they remained silent.
"They felt powerless in the face of this man's conduct but each of them have now found the strength to speak up and accuse this man of the abuse they have suffered."
Burke, of Rochdale, Gtr Manchester, denies all the charges.
He told police in an interview that the allegations by the first two victims were false and that the sex between him and the third complainant was consensual.
The trial before Mr Justice Gilbart continues and is expected to last three weeks.