Rape accused 'couldn't understand why girl was crying'

A man accused of trying to rape a woman in a Donegal lane-way told gardaí he couldn't understand why a girl would start having sex and then start crying.

The 25-year-old accused has pleaded not guilty to attempted rape of a woman near a Co Donegal town on October 1, 2006 and to sexually assaulting her on the same occasion.