Alleged rape victim admits lying to gardaí in statement

The wife of a man accused of raping and assaulting her admitted she had initially lied to gardaí in a statement saying that her husband had not been living with her at the time the alleged offences took place.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to charges of rape, false imprisonment and assault causing harm to the woman on April 12, 2009 at a house in Co Meath.