Asylum seeker says she was raped after mosque ceremony

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to three counts of rape, one of sexual assault and one of attempted rape of the woman in his Dublin home on dates between December 1 and December 3, 2017.

A woman seeking asylum here to avoid a forced marriage in her native country has told a trial that a man raped her in his flat shortly after a ceremony conducted in a local mosque.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to three counts of rape, one of sexual assault and one of attempted rape of the woman in his Dublin home on dates between December 1 and December 3, 2017.