Teen accused of Cork gang rape tells court he had sex with alleged victim in van
A teenager accused of taking part in a gang rape of a woman in Cork told gardaí he and his cousin had sex with the alleged victim in the back of a van.
He is one of three accused, who have each pleaded not guilty to four charges, namely the rape, oral rape, attempted rape and sexual assault of a woman at an unknown location in Cork on September 13, 2009.
The alleged victim, aged 31 at the time, told the jury she was drunk after a night out and that she can't remember how she ended up in the back of a van with strangers.
In a garda interview watched by the jury, the then 15-year-old accused described picking her up in a van in the early hours.
He said he was sitting by her on a mattress in the back when she began kissing his neck which led to sex.
He said afterwards he went to the front of the van while his cousin, then aged 16, got in the back and lay on top of her.
He said all he could hear was kissing.
He told gardaí that a third teenager, who was 18 at the time, started saying hurry give me a lash before he too got in the back, having stopped the van.
