Cork trial of two boys hears complainant didn't want others to know about alleged rape

Defendants — now aged 15 and 17 — are charged with raping and sexually assaulting the teenager at a St Stephen’s Day race meeting in Limerick

The trial continues at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork before Mr Justice Paul McDermott and a jury of nine women and two men. File picture: Dan Linehan

WARNING: Some readers may find the following report upsetting

A 16-year-old girl who said she was raped in a car by a 13-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy at Limerick Races told a friend the next day that she felt dirty and could not even look at herself in the mirror.