Two Leitrim men on trial for rape as jury deliberates

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

Two Leitrim men remained on trial for rape at the Central Criminal Court, with the jury due to resume deliberations as reported on 9 November 2019. Both men denied raping the woman in a flat in Leitrim in 2017; one also denied oral rape. The prosecution alleged that she came to in a bedroom and found the defendants raping her. Defence lawyers said the sexual activity was consensual and challenged the prosecution’s account of her condition.

The jury had begun deliberating after hearing closing arguments, and the report said it would resume on Monday morning. The case remained unresolved in the available report.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.