TRIAL REFERRAL FOR CITY RAPE
Date Published: 10-Oct-2011
A 26-year-old barman has been sent forward for trial charged with raping a woman in Galway city last year.
The British national, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged with raping the young woman at a house in the city centre on March 18, 2010.
Sergeant Lucy Lowry gave evidence at Galway District Court today of serving a book of evidence on the accused.
Inspector Mick Coppinger said that the DPP had directed the accused be sent for trial to the Central Criminal Court given the nature of the charge.
Judge Mary Fahy made an order returning the man for trial to the current sittings of the Central Criminal Court.