Accused told gardaí he stopped having sex with alleged rape victim 'the second she asked me', trial hears

The man is on trial at the Central Criminal Court and denies raping the woman in his home on January 1, 2017. File photo

The trial of a Westmeath man for rape has heard he told gardaí that he stopped having sex with the alleged victim “the second she asked me to stop”.

During the interview with gardaí three days after the alleged rape on the morning of New Year’s Day 2017, the man, now aged 33, told gardaí that sexual activity between him and the complainant in the living room of his home was consensual.