Rape accused denies oral sex claim

A man who denies raping a 13-year-old girl by forcing her to perform oral sex on him told gardaí he never had oral sex with a girlfriend or anyone because he was self-conscious about having only one testicle.

The accused man did not give evidence in his trial at the Central Criminal Court in Cork. However, evidence was presented to Mr Justice Paul Carney and a jury of five women and seven men, of the defendant’s interviews with gardaí when questioned.

He was 21 at the time of the alleged incident and she was 13.