Man denies raping daughter

A 37 year old Dublin man, pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to five charges of raping and sexually assaulting …

A 37 year old Dublin man, pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to five charges of raping and sexually assaulting his daughter nearly four years ago.

The defendant denied raping his then 14 year old daughter, having unlawful carnal knowledge of her and three other charges of sexually assaulting her on November 8th-9th, 1992.

Mr Justice Frederick Morris said the specialised video link court required for the hearing would not be available until today and asked the jury to return this morning to hear evidence.