A man who violently sexually assaulted a nurse in a laneway causing her severe head injuries will be sentenced in June.
Brian Maher (24), Clostoken, Loughrea, Co Galway, pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault and assault causing harm on October 16th, 2010.
The Central Criminal Court heard the 38-year-old victim was on her way home from a night out in Galway city when Maher grabbed her, pulled her into an alleyway and hit her head off a wall and off the ground.
Eyewitnesses described seeing a woman lying on the ground struggling and screaming with a man crouched above her punching her in the head. The victim suffered a broken nose, fractured cheekbone, vaginal bruising, multiple abrasions and lacerations during the attack. Her tooth was knocked out and she briefly lost consciousness.
Maher, who had consumed alcohol and cocaine on the night, said the combination of drink and drugs made him “crazy” and that there was “something wrong with him”. He has been registered as a sex offender and remanded in custody until his sentencing on June 18th.