JURY TO BE SENT OUT TOMORROW IN GALWAY RAPE TRIAL
Date Published: 26-Feb-2008
The concluding stages were reached last evening in the trial of a Galway man accused of raping a neighbour in his marital home almost 30 years ago.The 57-year-old accused has pleaded not guilty to two counts of raping the woman on dates in 1972 and 1979, and to one count of indecently assaulting her on a date in 1971.Final addresses have been made to the jury by prosecuting counsel Mary Ellen Ring SC and defence counsel Martin Giblin SC on day-four of the trial.The jury of six men and six women will be sent out by Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy tomorrow , Wednesday, to begin deliberations.