Martin Stokes appeals rape conviction

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Martin Stokes’s appeal against his rape conviction was being heard on 5 October 2016. The offence occurred in a field in Westmeath after he met the 14-year-old girl on a road. Stokes was sentenced in August 2015 and is challenging the admission of selected Garda interview clips, his treatment in custody and the judge’s final address to the jury. The hearing was continuing.