Unnamed man goes on trial for rape and sexual assault

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A man who cannot be named went on trial at the Central Criminal Court for rape and sexual assault, reported on 19 April 2018. The charges concern alleged offences against his younger sister in County Waterford between December 1983 and June 1988.

He pleaded not guilty to 56 counts of rape and 15 counts of sexual assault. The woman told the court that the alleged abuse began when she was four and continued until she was 10 or 12, in the family home and other nearby locations.

The trial was continuing before Ms Justice Eileen Creedon and a jury. The defendant had been arrested in August 2015 and denied any improper sexual activity with his sister.