Unnamed man pleads not guilty to rape charge in Dublin

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A man who cannot be named for legal reasons has pleaded not guilty to rape at the Central Criminal Court, as reported on 7 October 2016.

The charge concerns an alleged incident at an apartment in Dublin on 28 September 2008, and the trial was continuing before Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy and a jury.

The prosecution told the jury that the accused had described a possible sleepwalking episode during Garda interviews and said he could not remember what happened.