Cork woman: Rape claim against brother nothing to do with inheritance

The accused has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

A Cork woman who claims that her brother raped and indecently assaulted her from the age of 12 denied on Thursday that her complaints were motivated by a row over the inheritance of the family home.

“The house had nothing to do with what (defendant’s name) done to me. What (name) done to me had nothing to do with bricks and mortar,” the complainant testified under cross-examination by defence senior counsel Siobhán Lankford.