text: A recruiting army sergeant raped a female cadet after telling her cousin 'I hope she is as sweet as she looks', a court heard today. Edwin 'Jock' Mee, 46, who now lives in Scotland, allegedly targeted 11 cadets, aged between 15 and 25, many of whom were young black women, on a military base in south London, during the army interview and screening process. It is claimed that the divorced father-of-five went on to rape one of the cadets at the Mitcham Barracks Army Careers and Information Office in Croydon. Edwin 'Jock' Mee arriving at Southwark Crown Court, where he is facing 16 counts of sexual assault and two rapes. It is claimed that he hold the cousin of his alleged victim 'I hope she is as sweet as she looks' Today, the cousin of Mee's alleged rape victim told jurors at Southwark Crown Court that she called the sergeant after becoming concerned he wanted to start a sexual relationship with the cadet. She told the court: 'What he said was "don't worry, I will take care of her, I hope she is as sweet as she looks".' But when she asked Mee to repeat what he has said she explained how he went quiet and then hung up. Lisa Wilding QC, for Mee, then asked the witness: 'In light of what she had told you about her concerns about him wanting a relationship, if that was said it must have made you quite concerned?' Mee, formerly of south London, but who now lives in Scotland, has denied all the charges against him . She replied: 'Obviously... it came across as inappropriate to me and the meaning I get from that was it had some sexual undertones.' The witness also claimed that during the phone call, Mee told her 'I will give it to her hard or rough.' Ms Wilding then asked: 'The man you have concerns about has just told you he is going to have rough sex with your cousin, what did you do about that?' The witness replied: 'After our conversation I did tell her that I want to talk it over based on the conversation I had with the gentleman and she said to me it will hamper her application. 'I asked her if he had threatened her and she said “just leave it, I’m not going to encourage him”. 'I said, well, it was dangerous,’ she told the court. 'Culturally there are certain things, especially when it involves my younger relative - culturally and religiously... it was very difficult for me to report that. ‘Those things, to say them for me, I am religious, it was difficult.’ Ms Wilding then asked: ‘Why did you not immediately ring the Army officer and ask to speak to one of his superiors - did you think that was appropriate, that way to speak?’ She replied: ‘Of course, hence my visit there but I was in the middle of going against what she was preventing me to do and so at the same time how was I going to complain without strong evidence that this man had said that? 'I was waiting to see what would happen next.' ‘I feel like I have let her down - she was in my care, I was her guardian,’ she added. Earlier Mee’s alleged victim told the court she had ‘no reason to lie’. She insisted: 'I swear by my parents - mother and father’s grave and the Koran... that this happened.’ Mee was British Army recruiting sergeant at Mitcham Barracks in Croydon (pictured) in the Careers and Information Office . Mee denies 17 counts of sexual assault, three counts of rape and one count of assault by penetration between October 2010 and September 2011. The alleged offences were initially investigated by the Royal Military Police, before the case was then handed to the Metropolitan Police. The trial, which is expected to run for six weeks, continues. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.
target: Edwin 'Jock' Mee, 45, allegedly targeted 11 cadets aged between 15 and 25 .
  Alleged he raped one of the cadets at the Mitcham Army Careers Office .
  Cousin of the alleged victim rang Mee to voice her concerns about him .
  He is said to have told her he hoped her cousin was 'as sweet as she looks'