Accused describes rape allegations as 'vile' and 'disgusting'

Evidence was also given of the accused man being interviewed by gardaí in the course of the investigation.

It is expected that closing statements will be made to the jury tomorrow. File Picture.

A man accused of raping his cousin when they were both aged around their early teens broke down in tears in the witness box as he denied the suggestion that he thought he could “experiment on her because she was vulnerable”. 

The defendant denied four rape charges and said, in the witness box at the Cork Central Criminal Court sitting, that the alleged offences never happened.