A young woman who has accused two rugby internationals of rape broke down in court as a video of her police interview was shown to the jury. The trial also heard how the woman told a friend via text: “No, I do not want to get the police involved. The jury of nine men and three women heard how the woman told her friends she felt there was “no point” in going to the police. Brendan Kelly QC, representing Paddy Jackson cross-examined the young woman for the duration of the day. The young woman told him that she didn’t go through it a ‘blow by blow of what had actually happened.

Source: Irish Independent February 01, 2018 19:22 UTC