Cork rape case expected to end today

THE trial of a 43-year-old man who denies raping a Co Cork boy is expected to conclude today when the jury of six men and six…

THE trial of a 43-year-old man who denies raping a Co Cork boy is expected to conclude today when the jury of six men and six women will hear closing speeches.

During the Central Criminal Court trial, the defendant denied buggery and anal rape of the now 14-year-old boy on three occasions from January 1989, to July 1993.

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