Rape accused discharges legal team

A man charged with rape who has discharged his legal team and is defending himself, has told a jury he has been set up by gardaí because he "made a laugh of them" in a trial in 2000.

Rape accused discharges legal team

A man charged with rape who has discharged his legal team and is defending himself, has told a jury he has been set up by gardaí because he "made a laugh of them" in a trial in 2000.

Mr Justice Daniel Herbert told the jury that the accused would now be representing himself and his wife would take notes for him, "as he is not terribly literate".

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