The jury in the trial of a man accused of raping a university student after they met on Tinder will continue its deliberations Friday.
The Dublin man (36) is alleged to have raped the university student in his car after driving her to the Dublin Mountains. He has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to rape at Kilmashogue Lane, Rathfarnham, Co Dublin on September 11th, 2014.
The two met up days after they began communicating on the Tinder dating app and they went for a drive together. The complainant alleges that the defendant drove them to an unlit country road and raped her in the car. The defendant told gardaí after his arrest that they had consensual sex in the car.
The jury began its deliberations at 2.50pm on Wednesday.
On Thursday morning they asked to hear the evidence again of the cross-examination of the alleged victim.
Mr Justice Paul Butler said that in order to achieve balance he would play the entirety of her evidence and this took most of the day.
It will resume deliberations on Friday morning before Mr Justice Paul Butler.