Teenage boy found not guilty of raping girl, 15

None of the parties can be identified as they are juveniles.

After an eight-day trial at the Central Criminal Court, a jury of nine women and three men returned not guilty verdicts on both counts. File picture.

 A jury has found a teenage boy not guilty of raping a 15-year-old girl in a public park.

The defendant, now aged 17, told gardaí after meeting the girl for the first time at a local shopping centre that they were kissing and the girl then suggested they go into a nearby park where she then suggested sex.