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Six years for convicted rapist who carried out brutal sex attack just 18 days after coming to Ireland

Date
2023-06-12

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Fermoy

County
Cork

Summary

Vadim Veste, a 28-year-old dual Moldovan-Romanian national from Fermoy, Co Cork, was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court for aggravated sexual assault. He pleaded guilty to the November 7, 2021, attack on a woman in her 50s at St Colman's Park. Mr Justice Paul McDermott described the incident as shocking, brutal, and cowardly, noting the victim sustained injuries and that Veste used a hat as a gag. The judge highlighted Veste's history, including a previous three-year prison sentence for the rape of a 14-year-old in Eastern Europe in July 2016, from which he was released just 18 days before the current offence. Although a headline sentence of nine years was set, the judge reduced the term due to Veste's expression of remorse, despite a Probation Service report indicating a lack of insight. Veste was sentenced to six years and six months in prison, with the final six months suspended for two years on strict conditions, including attending treatment deemed appropriate by the Probation Service. The court also ordered that Veste not approach the victim or her family, prohibited unsupervised access to children, and imposed a six-year post-release supervision order to protect society and prevent future offending.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Six years for convicted rapist who carried out brutal sex attack just 18 days after coming to Ireland. Charges or matters: aggravated sexual assault of the woman, who is aged in her 50s, at St Colman's Park in Fermoy, Co Cork, on November 7, 2021. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

November 7, 2021 Incident
July 2016 Incident
December 11, 2020 Incident
December 29 Incident
2023-06-12 Publication

Case subjects

Vadim Veste

Defendant

Charges: aggravated sexual assault of the woman, who is aged in her 50s, at St Colman's Park in Fermoy, Co Cork, on November 7, 2021 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Veste served a three-year prison sentence for the rape of the 14-year-old girl who was known to him in Eastern Europe in July 2016. He sentenced Veste to six years and six months in prison before he suspended the final six months for two years on strict conditions including that he attend for any treatment as deemed appropriate by the Probation Service.