The jury in the trial of a Cork man accused of the rape and sexual abuse of his younger sister has been sent home for a second night, having failed to reach a verdict.
The man has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 13 counts of rape, attempted rape and sexual assault of his sister between February 1995 and August 2001.
The woman, who is eight years younger than the accused, claims her brother had assaulted her on numerous occasions in the family home, in his car and also in an ambulance.
The jury of seven men and five women had been considering its verdict for almost seven hours on day five of the trial.
At that stage Mr Justice Paul Carney told them to suspend their deliberations for the evening and they were allowed go home.
The jury will return today to continue considering its verdict.