Denis O’Donovan (38) convicted of sexually assaulting woman after kidnapping her from her rural home
A woman kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a Limerick father of one told her attacker in court: “I refuse to let you destroy the rest of my life.”
Det Gda Chris Cowan, Bruff Garda station, told the sentencing hearing that O’Donovan imprisoned and sexually assaulted the victim while he was on bail for an aggravated burglary. In that case he used an axe to break into another woman’s house as she slept on March 17th, 2019. He pleaded guilty and was given a three-year suspended sentence.
“She stayed there listening out for car, and she ultimately returned to her house and made a 999 call and alerted gardaí”. “No words can ever fully describe the absolute terror of being choked, and believing I was going to die.”
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