Woman messaged friend she accused of rape: 'Drink is no excuse, you're dead to me'

Kerry rape trial commences at Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork

The defendant, who is now 25 and was 23 at the time, has denied a charge of rape at the trial at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

A woman who claimed she was raped in her bed by a friend, who she said had been like a brother to her, messaged him afterwards: “Drink is no excuse. You are dead to me.” 

This emerged at a Kerry rape trial which commenced at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork today before Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty and a jury of seven men and five women.