Gardaí praised for work in capturing rapist

THE gardaí who investigated the brutal rape of a 75-year-old widow were yesterday praised for their work in capturing and securing the conviction of Joseph Cummins.

At the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Limerick, the most senior criminal judge in the country, Mr Justice Paul Carney, ordered 20-year-old Cummins of St Joseph’s Park, Nenagh, to be placed on the sex offenders’ list.

Mr Justice Carney said: “I don’t normally make observations on police investigations, but the gardaí in Nenagh involved in this case cracked it immediately with classic police observation work by Garda Paul O’Driscoll.”