Unnamed man pleads not guilty to rape in Dublin

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The unnamed man has pleaded not guilty to rape at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 15 May 2018. The alleged offence occurred at a woman’s home in Dublin on 14 August 2015. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the jury he believed the sexual activity was consensual. The trial was in its closing stages before Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy and a jury. He accepted telling a garda, “I know she said no, but we’d already started”, but denied continuing after consent was withdrawn.