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.