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Alleged IRA rape accused tells trial he had consensual sex with complainant

Date
2019-03-22

Stage
Trial

Primary locality
Louth

County
Louth

Summary

An alleged IRA member, 45, is on trial at the Central Criminal Court for charges of sexual assaulting and anally raping two teenage boys in Co. Louth in the early 1990s and in 2001. The accused told the court he had consensual sex with one of the complainants years after the alleged incidents. He stated he had stayed at the boys' home about 'half a dozen' times in the early 1990s while working a casual job and denied sexually abusing them. The accused claimed he had a consensual sexual relationship with one of the complainants over a few months after they met by chance years later. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The accused said he noticed the complainant with whom he had a sexual relationship seemed 'distressed' during their final meeting and that the complainant had told another person he had been sexually abused by him. The accused denied anally raping either boy or sleeping in a bed with them. The trial has reached closing stages before Mr Justice Paul McDermott and a jury.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Alleged IRA rape accused tells trial he had consensual sex with complainant. Charges or matters: charges of sexual assaulting and anally raping two boys in Co. Procedural stage: trial

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