Garda Sergeant Gerard Dalton said the woman was socialising in the Mulroy Woods Hotel in Milford, Co Donegal, on the night in question and had posted pictures on her Snapchat and Instagram accounts. A short time later she received a Snapchat message from Ward.
A man who sexually assaulted a woman after discovering she was out socialising when he saw pictures of her on social media has been jailed for four years. Seamus Ward from Drumkern, Milford, appeared before Letterkenny Circuit Court in connection with the incident on September 6, 2018.
She instructed Ward to go to bed in the spare room. When the victim later woke up, she described how Ward was beside her in bed and it “took a moment to realise what was happening”. Ward was described as having his hand between her legs, groping her and placing his fingers inside her. At this point, the woman said she “lost it completely”. Sergeant Dalton said that the accounts of two other persons who were present were consistent with what the victim outlined. One of those persons confirmed an account from the victim that Ward referred to her as “a psycho”.
When the substance of the allegation was put to Ward, he denied it. He also denied calling the victim a psycho. Ward was put in the witness box by his barrister, Mr Colm Smyth BL. Ward said he wanted to tell his victim that he wished to “express shame and regret for the trauma and for the suffering I have caused you – and I am truly sorry for that”.
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