Kerry rape accused admitted to gardaí he persuaded girlfriend to give him an alibi

Several memos of interviews with the accused were read to Mr Justice Michael White and the jury of six men and six women at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork.

His girlfriend and her mother later retracted this alibi evidence at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork.

The 27-year-old man accused of raping a sex worker in Kerry admitted to gardaí that he told his girlfriend and her mother to tell gardaí he was with them at the time of the alleged rape.

The accused man first told gardaí he was with his child, his girlfriend and her mother at his home and never went to the complainant’s house that day but that she called to his house roaring that he was abandoning her. His girlfriend and her mother made statements to gardaí corroborating this version. They later retracted this alibi evidence.