A Limerick man who participated in a gang-rape of a German woman in a Clare wood last year has been remanded in custody by Mr Justice Paul Carney for sentencing on June 27th.
Stephen Barry (25), of Roxboro Road, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to four charges arising of the crime at Brickhill East, Cratloe, Co Clare, on January 23rd, 2004.
He admitted raping the victim, assaulting her causing harm, falsely imprisoning her and her male companion and assaulting him. He also pleaded guilty to a fifth charge of stealing a bottle of Tequila on January 22, 2004, at Fine Wines, Thomond Gate, Limerick.
Four other Limerick teenagers were given jail and detention terms of up to 10 years by Mr Justice Carney on July 30th last year for their roles in the crime in which the gang locked a man in the boot of a car and then took turns raping his girlfriend.
Thomas O'Neill, Dean Barry and Darragh Ryan, who were all 16, and then 14-year-old Jason Ring attacked the couple after they found them together in Cratloe Woods, Co Clare, early in the morning.