Rape victim 'not capable of independent living', court hears

A jury in the Central Criminal Court trial of a Louth man accused of orally raping a woman with learning difficulties has heard she has a mental age of between eight and nine years old.

The 61-year-old man, who can not be named for legal reasons, has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting the woman by penetrating her mouth with his genitals on December 11, 2008.