Man on trial for rape denies charges in Central Criminal Court

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A man on trial for raping and assaulting his wife denied the allegations in the Central Criminal Court, in a report dated 23 June 2016. He denied raping, threatening and headbutting her in 2014, while having already pleaded guilty to assaulting her with a hammer in August that year. He also denied being abusive to gardaí as they passed him in court. The trial was continuing.