Boy didn't reveal father's alleged sexual abuse with hot poker until he 'was in a safe place', court hears

A boy who was allegedly sexually abused with a hot poker by his father only disclosed the allegations when he was in foster care where his father couldn't find him, a trial has heard.

The now 12 year old child alleges his father raped him, sexually abused him with a hot poker and forced him to have sex with his mother in their Waterford home over the course of several years from when he was about six years old.