Girlfriend of Kerry rape accused admits lying to protect him

Mr Justice Michael White and the jury of six men and six women heard from the defendant’s girlfriend yesterday at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork.

The girlfriend of a man accused of raping a sex worker in Kerry admitted to gardaí that she lied to them to protect the accused because she loves him.

The 27-year-old defendant denies that on September 25, 2017, he raped the 34-year-old woman vaginally and anally. He said they had consensual sex. He also denied organising prostitution and intimidation of a witness by allegedly sending her a drawing of a decapitated woman and some messages.