A third teenager was also found not guilty of false imprisonment of the same girl today

A local detective told Garrett Baker SC, prosecuting, that the young girl was 15-years-old at the time when she agreed to meet with the defendant, who was two years older.

Fergus Delaney (61) of Allendale Lawn, Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court in advance of his trial to four charges of sexual assault of the then 14-year-old girl on dates between 2000 and 2001.

The girl had been friends with the man's teenage nephews and was a girlfriend of one of them for a time, the court heard

The 33- year old man, who cannot be identified to protect the girl’s identity, was convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury earlier this year of the single count of rape at the address in a town in Co Westmeath on January 20th, 2019.

On the sixth day of the Central Criminal Court trial, the complainant was cross-examined on her evidence by defence counsel for two of the three defendants

The complainant told Alice Fawsitt SC, prosecuting, that she used her phone while in the car on the way back to tell another friend that she'd turned on her location on Snapchat and to keep an eye on it.

The sentencing court heard that in the aftermath of the offences the girl had suffered with anxiety, depression and had been suicidal

The two-car collision happened just before midnight last night on the Ramelton Road in Letterkenny.