Public toilet rape accused claims he had sex there previously

A man accused of raping a woman in a public toilet in a Cork town claimed that he had sex with his girlfriend there about three weeks previous to the alleged incident.

The 36-year-old foreign national has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 12 counts including rape, threats to kill, and false imprisonment during the attack on the woman on the afternoon of March 9, 2010.

The man denied following a woman into the toilets and raping her and told gardaí that he never wore a thong or g-string.