Rape complainant denies confusing sex with rape

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A rape complainant denied confusing consensual sex with rape at the Central Criminal Court. The proceedings were reported on 3 March 2020.

The case concerns allegations against three men who cannot be named for legal reasons, involving an alleged rape at Bull Island, Dollymount, Dublin, on 5 January 2016. All three men pleaded not guilty.

The complainant rejected a defence suggestion that she had confused rape with consensual sex. The trial continued before Mr Justice Alexander Owens and a jury.