Central Criminal Court trial continues as uncle denies rape and oral rape charges

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The Central Criminal Court trial of an uncle facing five counts of rape and one count of oral rape continued when reported on 1 July 2025. The alleged offences are said to have occurred at the family home between 2003 and 2012. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and the three defendants cannot be named for legal reasons.

The complainant denied Michael Lynn SC’s suggestion that she had imagined being raped by her uncle. She accepted that a 2016 counselling note recorded uncertainty about whether memories were real, that she could not remember some details, and that she had not made sexual allegations to gardaí in 2015. She also accepted making a mistake about her age when describing another alleged incident. The proceedings were reported on 1 July 2025.