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Bar manager acquitted of raping woman who mistakenly took ketamine

Date
2016-11-28

Stage
Finding

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

In a Central Criminal Court hearing, a bar manager was acquitted of rape and sexual assault after a woman claimed she was incapacitated by ketamine she mistakenly took at a party. The accused, who denied the allegations, testified that the encounter was consensual and that he did not strike the woman with his penis. The woman, who had snorted a line of ketamine thinking it was cocaine, described being unable to speak or move and later being sexually assaulted for about twenty seconds. She reported that the accused pulled down her jeans and that she was left in a comatose state. The jury deliberated for just over two hours before finding the accused not guilty of both charges. The judge thanked the jurors and released them from future service for ten years. The case had originally involved a plea of not guilty to rape and sexual assault in a Dublin apartment in November 2013.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Bar manager acquitted of raping woman who mistakenly took ketamine. Charges or matters: rape and sexual assault in a Dublin apartment in November 2013. Procedural stage: finding. Findings: Acquitted

When:

November 2013 Incident
2016-11-28 Publication

Why: She agreed her friend asked her if she wanted to leave while she was in bed but that she refused because she was too incapacitated from the drug. CNI source report