The third accused in the trial of the 13-year-old boy who was allegedly raped by his four uncles, has told the court that he did not rape the boy and that the allegations are not true.
In his defence, he said that he has a diary where he notes everything he does each day.
Defence counsel Nemani Tuifagalele asked the third accused if he had gone to the victim's village in Tailevu at any time in January last year to which he said that he had gone to the village only once on January 1st, 2016 to sell fish.
However, during cross-examination, state counsel Taitusi Tuenuku pointed out that the third accused's diary entry on January 28th, 2016 states that he had gone to the village to paint a house. This is the house where the alleged rape had occurred.
The third accused agreed that he had gone to the village twice in the month of January last year and in re-examination, he explained that the allegation that was put to him was from January 1st to 19th, 2016 and not the whole of January.
The fourth accused will give evidence this morning.
The four uncles have been charged with one count each of rape and all of them have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The first accused is 40 years old, the second accused is 36, the third accused is 45 while the fourth accused is 42.
