Teen rape trial jury concerned they were photographed by man 'associated with defence', appeal hears

Stephen Lynch, with an address in County Offaly, has pursued an appeal against his May 2021 conviction for rape and sexual assault following a trial at the Central Criminal Court. Lynch was found guilty of raping a fifteen-year-old girl at a property in Athlone, County Roscommon, in October 2015. He was also convicted of sexually assaulting another young woman and assaulting her friend in December 2015, both…