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Jury deliberating in triple rape trial

Summary

The jury has begun deliberations in a trial involving three men accused of raping and sexually assaulting a woman they met at a Dublin nightclub nearly six years ago. The defendants, aged 39, 42, and 34, each pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of rape, oral rape, and sexual assault, with alleged incidents occurring in a car and a Dublin house on 31 August 2019. Mr Justice Paul Burns delivered his charge to the jury at the Central Criminal Court and, after about an hour of discussion, instructed the jurors to pause for the day and resume tomorrow.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Jury deliberating in triple rape trial. Charges or matters: a total of seven counts of rape, oral rape and sexual assault of the woman at an unknown location in a car and in a Dublin house on August 31, 2019; one count of raping the woman in his home address and not guilty to one count of oral rape and one count of sexually assaulting her in a car; one count of raping the woman in the car and one count of raping her in the house; orally raping the woman in the house and sexually assaulting her in the car. Procedural stage: trial

When:

• August 31, 2019 Incident
• 2025-01-29 Publication

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Stage Trial Violent Crime

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