Toilet rape accused was spotted on CCTV

A MAN accused of raping a woman in a public toilet in a Cork town has heard that he was spotted on CCTV cameras coming out of a shop a couple of metres away from where the alleged victim was at that time.

The man had previously told gardaí that he was not in the town that afternoon and was instead either eating or sleeping at home.

The 36-year-old foreign national has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 12 counts including rape, oral rape, anal rape, threats to kill, assault causing harm, sexual assault and false imprisonment during the attack on the woman on the afternoon of March 9, 2010.