Judge in Cork rape trial: More should be done about young men and pornography

The now 25-year-old Cork man was found guilty by a jury of one count of raping the young woman in her apartment on February 11, 2019

The judge said there are “catastrophic consequences for engaging in sexual activity without consent” and he expressed concern that young people feel under pressure to engage in sexual activity before they are comfortable to do so. File picture

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A judge has questioned the “number of young men of otherwise good character” coming before the courts for sexual crimes, and suggested that while there are programmes in schools on pornography and consent “one wonders if more could be done in this regard”.