Jury finds man not guilty of raping his wife's friend next to wife in bed

The court was told: 'We know that sex occurred. So where is the big dispute between the prosecution and defence? It is the issue of consent.'

At the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork, a jury of seven men and five women have found the man not guilty of rape and of sexual assault of his wife’s friend that night. File picture: David Creedon / Anzenberger

A man denied raping his wife’s friend when she and his wife were both sleeping in the same bed after a catch-up social night together.

And now at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork, a jury of seven men and five women have found him not guilty of rape and of sexual assault of his wife’s friend that night — April 12, 2021 — following six hours of deliberation that commenced on Monday, March 11.