Courts / Dublin / Report

Gardai did not ask complainant about eight minutes before alleged attack

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, a 36‑year‑old man pleaded not guilty to sexual assault of a foreign national on UCD campus on 23 July 2014. The complainant, who met the accused on Tinder, did not inform Garda Declan Ryan about the eight minutes the accused's blue BMW spent in a laneway before the alleged assault. Ryan said he interviewed the complainant twice, on 25 and 28 July, and that she identified the Nova running pitch as the assault site. He presented CCTV footage showing the car entering the laneway, leaving after about eight minutes, and then approaching the pitch before departing again. Ryan admitted he never asked the complainant about the laneway time, focusing instead on the pitch. The judge announced that evidence would finish the next day and closing arguments would begin.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Gardai did not ask complainant about eight minutes before alleged attack. Charges or matters: sexual assault of the foreign national at UCD campus, Belfield, south Dublin on July 23, 2014. Procedural stage: trial

When:

• July 23, 2014 Incident
• July 25 Incident
• July 28 Incident
• 2017-11-28 Publication

Case subjects

Places mentioned

Topics

Sexual Offences Stage Trial Violent Crime

Related court reports

• Man charged with having 56k child abuse images and videos remanded on bail
• Ex-Dáil hopeful's allegations against former employer 'complete fantasy', WRC told
• Mater must pay €10k to worker who said he was wrongly accused of abusing patient
• 'I think we know I won't be getting bail' - Daniel Kinahan charged with directing criminal organisation
• Letting agent who claimed alleged domestic violence victim abandoned tenancy by fleeing to refuge must pay €14.7k
• 77-year-old with 470 convictions told Luas staff to 'f**k off'

Read the original CNI report