Boy says father locked him in a box

A child who was allegedly raped by his father and made to have sex with his mother said he did not previously tell gardaí or the trial about his father locking him into a “cage” because he forgot.

The now 12-year-old has spent six days giving evidence via video-link at the Central Criminal Court.

He has alleged his father raped him, sexually abused him with a hot poker, and forced him to have sex with his mother over the course of several years from when he was about six years old.