Woman denies it was physically impossible for 6ft 2in school principal to climb into passenger seat to rape her

The woman is suing the man, who was principal of a school near the one she attended, claiming he raped and sexually assaulted her when he gave her lifts to school — claims he strongly denies

The DPP decided in 2012 there should be no prosecution against the man following a Garda investigation.

A woman who claimed a school principal repeatedly raped her in his car has denied in the High Court that it was not physically possible for the 6ft 2in man to climb over from the driver's seat to the passenger seat to rape her as she alleged.

Put to her under cross-examination that as a then 16-year-old who had previously received help from the mental health services over bullying at school she would have known how to reach out for help if she was being raped, she said she was too scared to to do so.