Sister sex claim ‘not over child access battle’

The man who claimed that his older sister sexually assaulted him was yesterday accused of making up the allegation as a bargaining chip to be used against her when she applied for access to his son.

A 46-year-old woman is on trial, by judge and jury, accused of sexually assaulting her brother, from when he was aged nine and she was in her early 20s.

The complainant was cross-examined by defence senior counsel Vincent Heneghan at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday.