A computer expert has been convicted of raping two friends after taking them home and drugging them.
Kapil Garg (34), originally from India, had been renting a room in a house in Whitefriar Place, Dublin 8, at the time. He has been remanded in custody since the women made the allegations in July 2011.
A jury of six men and six women returned its verdict following 4½ hours of deliberations on day seven of the trial.
Mr Justice Barry White thanked the jurors for their attention during the case and excused them from duty for 10 years, before he remanded Garg in continuing custody and adjourned the case to December next for sentence.
The judge also ordered Garg be declared a sex offender and that victim impact reports be prepared for the sentencing date.
During the trial Garg was described as a “well-educated, well-travelled, cosmopolitan man of the world” who had earned a master’s degree in computing in California.
The jury heard that the two women had gone back to Garg’s house, having met him outside a nightclub at 3am, on the understanding that he would give them ecstasy.