Cork rape trial hears alleged victim texted her boyfriend to pick her up as she was ’bruised’

A jury has heard evidence that a woman, alleging she was raped after a Jason Derulo concert, texted her boyfriend to pick her up because she was “bruised” and had “no-one” after the incident.

A jury has heard evidence that a woman, alleging she was raped after a Jason Derulo concert, texted her boyfriend to pick her up because she was “bruised” and had “no-one” after the incident.

Under cross examination, Detective Sergeant Jason Lynch agreed that the woman sent a message to her boyfriend around 3:50am after the alleged rape saying, “I’m bruised and I have no-one. They brought me to their bus and raped me.”