Jury retires in Mayo pub rape case

A Mayo man accused of sexually assaulting two children for up to a year in the pub where he worked denied the allegations during garda interview after one of the girls made a complaint nine years after the alleged offences.

The 39-year-old man, who can not be named for legal reasons, has pleaded not guilty to 16 counts of sexual assault and 13 counts of oral rape against one girl; also 14 counts of sexual assault, 13 counts of oral rape and one count of anal rape against the second child on dates between June 1999 and September 2000.