Rape accused says he was actually rescuer

A Lithuanian man has denied in evidence that he raped a Russian woman in Waterford and said that after they had consensual sex he rescued her from a sexual assault by another man.

The 22-year-old man has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to rape and sexual assault of the 27-year-old woman, making a threat to kill her and assaulting her causing her harm on March 19, 2006, at an apartment in Waterford.