He said she had beckoned to him, they chatted, then “I gave her my number, and I took hers”. When asked his motive for getting her number, the man replied: “I guess it was at a festival. He denied that the complainant told him she was 16 soon after they met at Oxegen. Analysis identified the complainant’s phone number on four of the phones seized at the man’s house and that it was listed under the name of ‘John’ on two of these phones. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has previously heard that the complainant initially told the man she was 18 when they first met.

Source: The Herald October 14, 2023 01:24 UTC