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Woman denies being influenced by friends to make abuse allegations against mother

Summary

In the Central Criminal Court, a woman accused her mother, an uncle and another man of raping and sexually assaulting her between 2000 and 2014. She denied that friends influenced her to report the allegations to the gardai. During cross‑examination she confirmed that her mother had abused her, including at a family holiday home when she was four, and that she had been raped by her uncle when she was about five and a half. She also testified that her mother and uncle had sex while she was present at age six, and that she had been orally raped by a man in his 50s at age 13. The defendants, who cannot be named, pleaded not guilty to all 21 counts of sexual assault and rape. The case is still before Ms Justice Eileen Creedon and a jury.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Woman denies being influenced by friends to make abuse allegations against mother. Charges or matters: all charges; 13 counts of sexual assault on dates between 2000 and 2009, and between 2012 and 2014, primarily at the family home; one count of rape, in that she facilitated the rape of the complainant by her uncle; five counts of rape and one of oral rape on dates between 2003 and 2012, all at the same family home. Procedural stage: trial

When:

• 2000 and 2014 Incident
• 2000 and 2009 Incident
• 2012 and 2014 Incident
• 2003 and 2012 Incident
• 2008 and 2009 Incident
• 2021 and 2022 Other
• 2025-06-30 Publication

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Stage Trial Violent Crime

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