Man tells court he 'went into pure shock' when wife accused him of raping her on Christmas Day

A man accused of raping his wife on Christmas Day in 2003 has told a court they had consensual sex and he was shocked when she accused him the next morning of raping her.

The 44-year-old Dublin man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to two counts of rape, one count of oral rape and one count of anal rape of his then-wife on December 25, 2003.