Teenage boy raped 10-year-old cousin at sleepover

Injured party told his mother that his older cousin made him touch his private parts when he was sleeping over

The nature of the rape was oral and there was evidence – some of it disputed – of the defendant making threats he would hurt the victim and break his PlayStation if he told anyone what happened on the sleepover. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

A 10-year-old boy was raped on a sleepover by his cousin who was 12 to 14 and on Wednesday the accused faced sentencing for rape.

A detective in the area of Co Cork where the incident occurred gave evidence at the sentencing hearing in the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork. There is a legal prohibition against identification of parties to the case.