47-year-old man pleads not guilty to rape charges

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A 47-year-old man has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 56 counts of rape and 15 counts of sexual assault. The charges relate to alleged offences in County Waterford between December 1983 and June 1988. The proceedings were reported on 4 May 2018.

During cross-examination, the complainant said the accused knew what he had done and maintained that the alleged abuse occurred. Defence barrister Colman Cody SC told her that her brother had denied the allegations when interviewed by Gardaí. The trial continued before Ms Justice Eileen Creedon and a jury.