27-year-old Laois man convicted of rape at Kildare party

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A 27-year-old Laois man was convicted of rape at the Central Criminal Court on 27 November 2019. He cannot be named to protect the victim’s identity.

The jury found him guilty of raping a sleeping woman at a house party in Kildare on 21 June 2015. He had pleaded not guilty to one count of rape.

Mr Justice Michael White remanded him on continuing bail and adjourned sentencing to February 3. The report said the trial heard conflicting accounts of what happened in the bedroom.