Trial hears Cork woman deny saying 'sex assault claim is the only way to get to a man'

The young woman claims that her father sexually assaulted her on Christmas Eve night

The accused father in the trial denied the allegation, saying: "I would never touch my children.”  File photo: Dan Linehan

The half-sister of the young woman claiming that her father sexually assaulted her on Christmas Eve night testified in the trial that the complainant once told her that alleging a sex assault was “the only way to get to a man”. 

The witness said she was once with her half-sister when a man who was known to have a conviction for sexual assault visited the premises. The witness alleged that the complainant made a comment she would never forget.