Cork court hears how Junior Cert student was bullied and ostracised in school after rape

The victim said: “School was hard. Rumours spread, I felt like everyone was talking about me behind my back."

A jury found earlier this month a 20-year-old man guilty of raping the 15-year-old girl in County Cork in 2016. File photo

A Junior Cert student who made a complaint of being raped found herself being ostracised by her peers as well as being bullied and intimidated in school.

Detective Sergeant Kevin Long of Cork West Divisional Protective Services Unit gave this evidence at the sentencing hearing where a jury returned a verdict of guilty in the case against a 20-year-old man who had denied raping the 15-year-old girl in County Cork in 2016.