Man denies sex assault on woman outside club

A man has gone on trial on a sexual assault charge arising out of an alleged 10-second attack on a woman who left her friends in a nightclub in Cork City as she felt unwell.

The defendant, Viorel Postolache, an Italian who was living at a flat at Barrack St, Cork, was arraigned at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday and he pleaded not guilty.

A jury of 11 men and one woman was sworn in to hear the case before Judge David Riordan.