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Complainant denies making abuse allegation to deflect from rape accusation

Summary

In a family sexual‑abuse trial at the Central Criminal Court, a 30‑year‑old complainant denied that he had made rape allegations against his 38‑year‑old cousin to deflect attention after being accused of raping another family member. He testified that he was anally raped twice by his cousin when he was a child, between the ages of ten and twelve, in 1999‑2005. He described the first incident as occurring while he slept in a car, and the second while the car was parked opposite a graveyard. He said he screamed and shouted for the cousin to stop, who then told him he was "only messing." The court heard that the complainant had not reported the abuse to social workers and that he had approached the police in 2018 with allegations against his cousin, which he claimed were made partly to deflect attention from his own behaviour.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Complainant denies making abuse allegation to deflect from rape accusation. Procedural stage: trial

When:

• 1999 and 2005 Incident
• 2023-05-09 Publication

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