Meath man cleared in Cavan-rape case

A shouting match erupted between two factions after a jury at the Central Criminal Court cleared a Meath man on a charge of raping a now 29-year-old woman in Cavan when she was eight or nine years old.

The 37-year-old married accused had denied raping and indecently assaulting her on two dates between August and December 1988 at an address in County Cavan.