Man guilty of raping woman he asked to clean his house

A man has been convicted of raping a woman he had asked to clean his Tipperary house.

The man admitted having sex with the then 23-year- old woman at the house but told gardaí it was consensual and that the woman had not shown any fear.

The 47-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to raping the woman at the house on July 5, 2010.