Cork woman tells trial her brother raped her so many times she felt 'like a robot'

The offences are alleged to have happened when the complainant was aged nine to 12 and the accused was aged 15 to 18

The defendant pleaded not guilty to all 28 counts on the indictment and is on trial before Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy and a jury of nine men and three women at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork. File photo

A woman told a jury at the Central Criminal Court she was sexually abused so many times as a child by her older brother that she was programmed to do it – “I was like a robot”. 

The defendant pleaded not guilty to all 28 counts on the indictment and is on trial before Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy and a jury of nine men and three women at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork yesterday.