A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard that there was "very strong support" for the scenario that the victim bled inside the defendant’s bedroom.

A jury of 10 woman and two men has acquitted Donegal man accused of raping a woman who said she had earlier snorted cocaine while socialising in a Dublin city centre late-night drinking venue.

There was no forensic evidence that a Donegal man carried out an alleged rape in a Dublin bedsit on a girl who said she had earlier snorted cocaine, the Central Criminal Court has heard.