Investigator told DPP of "inconsistency" between complainant's account and CCTV footage, trial hears

A garda investigator has told the Central Criminal Court that he identified an inconsistency between CCTV footage and a complainant's account in an alleged rape case. Lead investigator Garda Paul Leape defended his decision not to show the teenage complainant the footage, stating it was not an investigator's role to afford witnesses a second opportunity to explain discrepancies in evidence. The accused, aged 19, has…