Limerick racecourse rape trial told accused could not be found guilty beyond reasonable doubt

'This is not a case about monster liars or sexual predators — this is a case about children'

Two of the boys are charged with raping and sexually assaulting a girl in a car  and one is charged with aiding and abetting them and falsely imprisoning the girl.

The prosecution has not reached the point where three teenaged boys on trial at the Central Criminal Court for what allegedly happened to a girl in a car at Limerick Races on St Stephen’s Day in 2022 could be found guilty beyond reasonable doubt, their lawyers said in closing speeches today.

Two of the boys are charged with raping and sexually assaulting a girl in a car that afternoon and one is charged with aiding and abetting them and falsely imprisoning the girl.