Cavan child-abuse case reaches final stages
The concluding stages have been reached in the trial of a Meath man who is accused by a now 29-year-old woman of raping and sexually assaulting her in Cavan when she was eight or nine years old.
Closing addresses have been made by prosecuting counsel, Mr Paul Coffey SC (with Ms Monica Lawlor BL), and defence counsel Mr Patrick Gageby SC (with Ms Miriam O'Reilly BL), and the jury of five women and seven men will begin deliberating after being charged by Mr Justice Paul Carney.
The 37-year-old married accused has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to raping and indecently assaulting the woman on two dates between August and December 1988 at an address in County Cavan. It is day-three of the trial.
