Rape victims in Galway must travel 300 miles to be examined

RAPISTS in Galway have a greater chance of getting away with the crime because victims have to travel 300 miles to be forensically examined, it was claimed yesterday.

Because there has not been any State Doctor in office in Galway for almost three months, all rape victims in the west have to travel just hours after their ordeal on a 300 mile round trip to the Sexual Assault Unit at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin.

Those who help rape victims yesterday criticised the lack of a State Doctor in Galway.