Boy ‘showed disturbing behaviour at school’

A child who was allegedly raped by his father and forced to have sex with his mother showed disturbing behaviour in school such as biting and spitting, a trial has heard.

Boy ‘showed disturbing behaviour at school’

The 12-year-old boy has now concluded his evidence at the Central Criminal Court after spending nearly two weeks testifying via video-link about various abuses he allegedly suffered in the family home in Waterford, including being raped with a hot poker and having a gun held to his head.

His parents face a total of 82 charges of abuse between 2007 and 2011 in Waterford.

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