The three-judge court struck down the conviction after hearing that the trial judge had suggested that if the jury rejected the man's claim that he didn't have sex with the alleged victim, they might take a 'jaundiced' view of his claim that he believed she was 18.

It is also alleged he subsequently sent a copy of the video recordings to one of her relatives in an attempt to corroborate his assertion that the sexual intercourse had been consensual.

The cross-examination of the woman continued at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Wednesday

The court heard the young woman first met the accused at Oxegen music festival in July 2010