Woman did not make up rape allegations, court hears

A Dublin woman who claims her uncle raped her denied in the Central Criminal Court that she told her aunt she had made up the allegations.

Woman did not make up rape allegations, court hears

A Dublin woman who claims her uncle raped her denied in the Central Criminal Court that she told her aunt she had made up the allegations.

The alleged victim told defence counsel, Mr Niall Durnin SC, she withdrew the allegations because her aunt, the accused man's wife, had told her she would be on her own with no support from her family if she went ahead.

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