Jury undecided on rape charge

A Drogheda, Co Louth, man has been found not guilty by a Central Criminal Court jury of one charge of raping his sister. But the jury failed to agree on a second rape charge and one of sexual assault and was sent overnight to a hotel. Deliberations resume today at 10.30 a.m. The 23-year-old man pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault between May 1st, 1996, and July 19th, 1997.