Judge summarises evidence at Limerick racecourse rape trial

Teenagers accused of raping a 16-year-old girl at a Christmas race meeting

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 trial judge in the case against a 13-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy accused of raping a 16-year-old girl at a Christmas race meeting in Limerick addressed the eleven-person jury throughout today.

Mr Justice Paul McDermott addressed the two men and nine women of the jury on legal principles pertaining to the case and also summarised evidence which they heard since the trial commenced on March 11.