'We don’t need permission to do stuff in our own time': Best gives reason for Jackson/Olding trial attendance

Jackson, from Oakleigh Park in Belfast, and Olding, from Ardenlee Street in the city, deny raping the same woman at a house in south Belfast in June 2016. Jackson denies a further charge of sexual assault.

Rory Best has explained his attendance at the trial of Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding last Wednesday.

The Ireland and Ulster rugby captain says he is to be a character witness at the trial of his two teammates.