The Galway man who murdered Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo in October 2007 has now pleaded guilty to raping a French woman.
Gerald Barry (29), of Rosan Glas, Rahoon, Galway pleaded guilty to orally and anally raping the 23-year-old woman near the GAA pitch at Walter Macken Road, Mervue on August 16th, 2007.
He was declared a sex offender and remanded in custody for sentence later on these charges by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cloverhill.
Barry is serving a life sentence imposed on him by Mr Justice Barry White following his conviction by a jury of murdering the 17-year-old girl. The jury took two hours and 38 minutes to find him guilty following a seven-day trial.
Barry strangled Ms Riedo after he sexually assaulted her on a pedestrian walkway known as “The Line”, close to the Lough Atalia area of Galway city on October 8th, 2007.