‘No one sober’ on night of alleged sexual assault

No one was sober on the night of an alleged sexual assault by a 53-year-old man on another male, aged 44, a female witness, one of the three people in the bed, told the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee yesterday.

The man denies the assault at a house in Killarney, Co Kerry, on May 31, 2015 .

The woman said when they returned to the house for a fry-up and nightcap, the accused placed his hand up the jumper of the complainant who asked him to stop, “please”. He did it a second time and again was asked to stop and when he did not, the complainant moved seats, she told Tom Rice, prosecuting.