Unnamed man acquitted of rape at Central Criminal Court

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A man who cannot be named was acquitted of rape at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 3 May 2018. A jury returned not-guilty verdicts on all 69 counts after deliberating for more than six hours. The allegations concerned abuse at the family home in Dublin between 2003 and 2013. Justice Patrick McCarthy directed that the man be released from the indictment.

The man had denied 48 counts of sexual assault and 21 counts of anal rape. The source reports the verdict date only through its publication date, not as a separately stated hearing date.