Man acquitted of rape at Limerick pub

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A man was acquitted of raping a woman by a Central Criminal Court jury, reported on 16 March 2016. The alleged offence concerned the back office of a Limerick pub on 10 November 2012.

The jury returned its verdict after 36 minutes of deliberation on the fifth day of the trial. The man had pleaded not guilty, while the woman told the trial she had been raped after being brought into the room to view the pub’s CCTV system.