The jury in the trial of a west Dublin man for rape has been sent to a hotel overnight.
Mr Justice Roderick Murphy at the Central Criminal Court sent the jury away for the night after it had failed to reach a verdict following nearly three hours deliberation on day-six of the trial.
The 38-year-old accused has pleaded not guilty to raping a woman he had been dating for some weeks at her north city home on September 9th, 2004.
The four women and eight men are to resume consideration of the case tomorrow morning.
