Lawyer accuses young Corkman of making up paedophilia allegations against mother's ex

When asked about "minimising" the allegations, the young man said "he would follow us around, I was scared of him".

Brief evidence was given by a youth worker that the last witness disclosed to him that the defendant allegedly interfered with him when he was aged around 7, 8 or 9, when he was showering after sports training. File photo: Larry Cummins 

A defence lawyer accused a young man of making allegations of rape and paedophilia against his mother’s ex-partner because he hated him, but the witness said the only reason he disliked him was because of his actions against him.

This occurred at a trial at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork on Tuesday before Mr Justice Michael McGrath and a jury of five women and seven men.