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Jury deliberating in alleged IRA member's rape trial
Summary
A jury has begun deliberating in the trial of an alleged IRA member accused of raping two teenage boys at a "republican safe house" in County Louth in the early 1990s and again in 2001. The accused has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault and anally raping the boys. Mr Justice Paul McDermott instructed the jury to start deliberations and sent them home for the night, to resume tomorrow morning. Prosecutor Patrick Gageby SC told the jury that the boys lived in a large home owned by a "dedicated republican" that was used as a safe house for IRA volunteers. The first complainant, who was 13 or 14 at the time, said the accused first stayed there around 1991 or 1992 and later abused him, describing incidents of the accused masturbating and sucking his penis. He also claimed the accused groped him in 2001, an act he denies.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Jury deliberating in alleged IRA member's rape trial. Charges or matters: charges of sexual assaulting and anally raping two boys in Co. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- 2019-03-25 Publication
Case subjects
Accused
Charges: charges of sexual assaulting and anally raping two boys in Co (Alleged Or Contested)
Plea: Not guilty
Places mentioned
- Central Criminal Court
Topics
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