Driving instructor charged with raping woman 34 times

A driving instructor has appeared in court charged with 34 rapes and 16 sex assaults of a female over a 16-year period.

The 62-year-old was in Tallaght Court accompanied by his brother.

The victim in the case was the daughter of the man’s partner.

Sergeant Michael Aherne gave evidence of arrest, charge, and caution for the man by certificate to Judge John Lindsay.

The man, who has an address in Tallaght, is charged with 16 counts of rape of a named female at his address on dates between 1992 and 2000. He is also charged with two counts of rape of the same female in a field in Co Kildare on dates in 1996.

The man is also charged with 16 sex assaults of the same female at his home on dates between 1992 and 2008 and with 16 counts of oral rape of the same female at his home on dates between 1998 and 2005.

A solicitor for the DPP told Judge Lindsay that the DPP had directed trial on indictment.

She asked for a remand for six weeks for service of the book of evidence.

Judge Lindsay remanded the man on bail to a date in December for service of the book.