The fifth day of the Westmeath trial for alleged rape continued yesterday in the Central Criminal Court with legal argument in the absence of the jury.
An 18 year old woman, her 15 year old brother, and their 18 year old male cousin deny raping and sexually assaulting the woman in a field on the morning of March 26th, 1994.
The three defendants also deny assaulting the woman, occasioning her actual bodily harm, on the same occasion.
The trial continues before Mr Justice Moriarty.