Man found not guilty of rape

A west Dublin man has been found not guilty at the Central Criminal Court of raping a nurse he met hours previously at a disco…

A west Dublin man has been found not guilty at the Central Criminal Court of raping a nurse he met hours previously at a disco in Temple Bar in 1997.

The jury of eight women and four men took less than 15 minutes to acquit him after a five-day trial before Mr Justice Frederick Morris.

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