42-year-old accused pleads not guilty to rape at Central Criminal Court

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The 42-year-old accused pleaded not guilty to rape at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 15 June 2016. He also denied assault causing harm and five threats to kill or cause serious harm.

The woman alleged that he threatened to rape her and cut her face before pushing her upstairs and raping her at their home on 25 May 2014. The trial was continuing before Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy and a jury.

He had pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife with a hammer in August 2014, according to the report.

This case may have concluded differently. The outcome has not yet been confirmed by a public source we could find.