Gardai never offered rape accused an interpreter, lawyers say

A 33-year-old non-national man and a 29-year-old co-accused, both resident in Donegal, have pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape following an alleged incident in February 2015. The case is being heard before the Central Criminal Court with a jury and Judge Alex Owens. Defence counsel for the older accused contended that gardaí never offered him an interpreter, despite his non-English-speaking background. A garda…