A young woman was threatened by her ex-partner that she would not recognise her own face when he was finished throwing a bottle of acid over her. That was the threat made by the young man back in August 2020. On Friday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court — after one week remanded in custody — … Read more
Collectif Némésis, France. There’s a strange irony in a feminist feeling unsafe to meet in Marseilles, famously one of France’s most open cities, as a result of threats from left wing activists. Nina, a spokeswoman for the French feminist group Collectif Némésis, grew up in a poorer area of north Marseille with her grandmother. They … Read more
Man jailed for raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in Cork on same night Irish Examiner Source link
Three men have been jailed for the “cruel, cynical and depraved” rape and sexual assault of a woman they encountered in a Dublin nightclub almost six years ago. Anthony Hickey (aged 39), Fabio Vicente (aged 42) and Matin Zolfaghari (aged 34) were convicted following a trial at the Central Criminal Court last month, after pleading … Read more
When Ciara Mangan was raped at a party in in Mayo almost 12 years ago, she did not realise her life would remain on hold for over a decade. Even though her rapist, Shane Noonan, of Castlehill Park, Turlough Rd, Castlebar, Co Mayo, pleaded guilty to raping her when they were both 18 at a … Read more