"Help help please": girl (16) tells trial she texted friend during alleged rape

A trial began at the Central Criminal Court on charges arising from an alleged rape in County Donegal in March 2016. The complainant, now aged 18, gave evidence that she was assaulted by a schoolmate she had met in a town centre takeaway after St Patrick's Day celebrations when she was 16. She described being persuaded into a secluded area where she said she was sexually assaulted and subsequently raped despite…