Barrister apologises for ‘promiscuity’ question

A barrister defending a rape accused has apologised to the alleged victim after asking her about her alleged “promiscuity”.

The lawyer’s client, a 27-year-old Dublin man, is alleged to have raped the woman in a room at the George Frederic Handel Hotel, Fishamble St, Dublin, on March 27, 2012. His co- accused, a 40-year-old Dublin man, is alleged to have watched and to have threatened the woman.

Both men have pleaded not guilty to charges of rape. Feargal Kavanagh, defending the first man, put it to the alleged victim that difficulties at home had “related to your promiscuity when you were a very young girl”.