Boy, 16, set for trial on charges of raping girl

A 16-year-old Dublin boy has been sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court charged with repeatedly raping and assaulting a young girl.

The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at the Dublin Children’s Court where he was served with a book of evidence.

Judge John O’Connor warned the boy, who was accompanied to the hearing by his mother, that if he intended to use an alibi in his defence he must notify the prosecution. He said the teenager, who remains on bail, was being returned for trial to appear on a later date during the current term of the Central Criminal Court.