A massage therapist has been charged with sexually assaulting a female guest during a massage session at a Co Donegal hotel.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of sexually assaulting the young woman at the hotel on July 9th, 2022.
He appeared at a sitting of Donegal Circuit Court at Letterkenny Courthouse where an application was made in the case.
The accused man denies the charge which carries a maximum sentence of ten years in prison.
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Barrister for the accused, Mr Simon Gillespie, applied to Judge John Aylmer to have a senior legal counsel assigned to his client.
Mr Gillespie gave a brief outline of the case including some details of the alleged incident which he said lasted for a protracted period of minutes.
The details included claims of oral sex, groping and digital penetration.
Mr Gillespie added that a consent issue will arise in the case which he described as “somewhat complex.”
The accused man, who now lives in a different country, flew in to attend the brief court hearing.
The charge is Contrary to Section 2 of the Criminal Law (Rape) Amendment Act 1990, as amended by Section 37 of the Sex Offenders Act, 2001.
Judge Aylmer agreed to the application to have a senior counsel appointed to the accused man.
The man was released on bail and the case was adjourned until December 9th, 2025.
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