Rape accused denies vendetta against woman

A Kerryman on trial for raping a sex worker has denied he went on a personal vendetta to get her to withdraw her allegations against him.

The man has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to oral rape and sexual assault of the woman in a hotel room in Dublin City on March 28, 2010.

He also denied two counts of threatening or putting in fear a witness in a garda investigation on dates between April 29 and May 28, 2010.

The woman advertised herself on the Escorts Ireland website.

The woman said that she had agreed to meet the man for a “girlfriend experience” service but that he became rough and forced her to perform oral sex on him while holding her by the hair.

She said she did not consent to what happened and he did not pay her.

The trial continues.