Woman denies claiming rape to save dignity

A woman has denied falsely accusing a man of raping her in a Clare hotel to save her pride and dignity after having sexual intercourse with him while under the impression he was someone else.

The 31-year-old woman, who alleges the accused impersonated someone else to have sexual intercourse with her, also denied she realised while she was in bed with him that he was not the man she initially thought he was, but had continued having sex with him regardless.