Garda gives evidence in rape trial

A Lithuanian man charged with raping and falsely imprisoning a Latvian woman at two places in Counties Cavan and Meath told gardai she consented to having sex with him.

A Lithuanian man charged with raping and falsely imprisoning a Latvian woman at two places in Counties Cavan and Meath told gardaí she consented to having sex with him.

The accused, whose trial at the Central Criminal Court continues in his absence, also told gardaí made the woman made her rape allegation after she stole his rent money and jumped out of a window at his residence.