Friend of rape accused said he watched for up to 20 seconds, and says events were 'consensual'

Prosecution senior counsel Alice Fawsitt said one of the women in the room said to the witness: “Do you think you are watching porn?”

Friend of rape accused said he watched for up to 20 seconds, and says events were 'consensual'

A friend of the teenager on trial for rape testified that he was watching what was happening in the bedroom and he was “one million percent certain” the complainant was not putting up resistance and that what happened was consensual.

The accused did not give evidence. This friend who was present in the B&B bedroom in Killarney on the night was the only witness called by the defence.

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