Jury told that man drove teenage girl to wooded area before sexually assaulting her

A jury has been told that an Offaly man abducted a 14-year-old girl in his car and drove her to a wooded area, where she claims he sexually assaulted her.

Prosecuting counsel, Mr Paul Coffey SC (with Ms Dara Foynes BL), said the complainant would tell how the accused kidnapped her by pulling her back into his car by her hair when she tried to get out of it.