A man accused of sexually assaulting a young boy and also performing a sexual act with a hoover in front of the boy has denied the alleged victim was ever in his house.
The alleged victim in the case has claimed that he was indecently assaulted on six occasions by the man in Co Donegal between 1989 and 1990.
The man, who is now in his 40s, claimed the man, now a pensioner attacked him at his home.
The alleged victim said both him and his attacker were interested in flying and how he ended up in the man’s house looking at flying magazines.
However, he claimed the man then locked the door and indecently assaulted him.
On the second day of the trial, Letterkenny Circuit Court heard the accused was interviewed under caution after presenting himself at a Donegal Garda Station in December 2014.
After his arrest, he was interviewed twice and he denied the allegations made by the complainant.
In the interview, the accused denied that the alleged victim had ever been in his house.
He denied the allegation that made by the alleged victim on the first day of the trial that he had committed a sex act with a hoover in front of the boy.
“That is totally untrue,” he said. “I would never do anything like that with a hoover,” he said.
He also denied showing the boy pornographic magazines in his house.
“It’s pure fabrication. I don’t remember him ever being in my house.”
He said in the interview that he would have had “the odd porn magazine” in his house for his own reading.
The accused said the only sexual encounters he had in the house were with a female and were consensual.
In a second interview, he again denied taking ever taking the boy back to his house.
He also denied committing a sexual assault on the teenager with a candle.
“There is not one ounce of truth in that. He was not in my house.”
The court heard that gardaí carried out a search of the accused’s house following the interview.
The investigating garda, who is now retired, told the court the layout of the house was very similar to what the alleged victim had described.
The case continues.