The Central Criminal Court heard that the accused was interviewed by gardaí by arrangement in February 2024 when he was 15. Photograph: Dave Meehan

A teenage boy accused of the rape of his girlfriend told gardaí the allegations were “false” and the “biggest lie”.

The now 16-year-old accused pleaded notguilty at the Central Criminal Court to three charges of oral rape and one of rape of the then 13-year-old girl on dates between June and July 2023.

The incidents are alleged to have occurred in a Co Galway housi

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