Wicklow man goes on trial for rape and indecent assault

A Wicklow businessman has been accused of raping and indecently assaulting a schoolgirl who worked part-time for him over 30 years ago.

The 58-year-old man has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 18 rape charges and 19 indecent assault charges from January 1979 to June 1983 at various Wicklow locations when the girl was aged between 12 and 17-years-old.