Rape case highlights gaps in legislation

VICTIMS’ groups have criticised the Government’s failure to plug a hole in child protection legislation after a man walked free from court after admitting he had sex with a 14-year-old girl.

Earlier this week, a jury decided a 26-year-old Donegal man had not raped his accuser.

He had admitted having sex with the girl in the back of his car at a secluded area near her parents’ home on August 24, 2004.