Gardaí prepare file for DPP over alleged rape of minor

GARDAÍ are preparing a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions following the arrest of a man who is alleged to have raped a minor.

The teenage victim reported the allegation in the early hours of December 27 last. She told gardaí she had been socialising at a disco in Mallow where she first met her alleged attacker.

The teenager left the disco at around 2.30am and reportedly decided to get some food.