Rape accused 'harassed me for weeks', court hears

A Latvian woman who claims she was raped and falsely imprisoned by a Lithuanian man in a Co Cavan town last year has said he harrassed her by phone for several weeks before the incident.

A Latvian woman who claims she was raped and falsely imprisoned by a Lithuanian man in a Co Cavan town last year has said he harassed her by phone for several weeks before the incident.

The 38-year-old accused, with an address in Meath, denies raping the woman during the night of March 11, 2006. He also denies falsely imprisoning her and threatening to kill her on the same date at two separate locations in Counties Cavan and Meath.