'Predator' found guilty of raping woman after breaking into her bedroom during Cork rag week

The prosecution told the trial the defendant's account of the incident 'is more than unlikely, it is lies.'

The jury of six men and five women—one juror was excused during the 10-day trial—were unanimous in finding him guilty. File picture: Larry Cummins

A 22-year-old woman was raped by a ‘predator’ in her bedroom as she slept heavily after being out drinking with friends and she believes that the rapist used her phone to make a friend request that looked like she had contacted him after being raped.

24-year-old Kamal Kumar Nepali of Beech Park, Ballincollig, County Cork, was found guilty of trespassing at her home with intent to rape her and on charges of raping, sexually assaulting and physically assaulting her causing harm. The accused is from Nepal and proceedings at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork were translated for him by a Hindi interpreter.