Man denies 21 sex assaults on stepdaughter

A Corkman went on trial yesterday on 21 charges of sexually assaulting his teenage stepdaughter.

The accused denies all the charges and his trial began at Cork Circuit Criminal Court before Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin and a jury of seven men and five women.

The complainant said she was 14 when her stepfather suggested she would sleep in his bed when her mother was working nightshifts.