Alleged rapist pleads 'I didn't do this' after new rape charge at Galway property
The man, already charged with assault and false imprisonment of the victim, had proceedings explained through an Arabic interpreter
New charges of rape and non-fatal suffocation have been brought against a 36-year-old man already accused of the assault and false imprisonment of a woman in Galway City.
The court heard the DPP had directed that two new charges be put to the accused and Detective Garda Greg Gander gave evidence of charging the accused under caution at Galway Courthouse.
The court heard that in reply to the charges the man said "I didn't do this".
The accused is charged that on August 16, 2026 at a property in Galway City, he intentionally or recklessly suffocated a woman. He is also charged with raping the same alleged victim on the same date and at the same location.
Defence counsel Joseph McMahon BL told the court there was no application for bail at this point. He said bail had been refused on the earlier charges and it would waste the court's time to embark on another application.
Judge Fiona Lydon granted the State's application to have the accused remanded in custody to appear by video-link on November 9.
The man has already been charged with assault causing harm to the woman on August 16, at an address in Galway City.
He is also charged with falsely imprisoning the woman on the same date and at the same location.
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