Rape trial collapses as woman returns to Latvia

The trial of a west Dublin man charged with raping a Latvian woman while she was on her way to work has collapsed because the complainant has returned to her own country.

The 28-year-old accused had denied falsely imprisoning and raping the woman on June 4, 2005 in west Dublin. The trial at the Central Criminal Court had been ongoing for three days with legal argument in the absence of the jury.