Woman was with rapist, Dundon trial hears

A woman has admitted being in a “loving embrace” with a violent sex offender just one day after complaining to gardaí that she was in fear for her life following threats made by two of her ex-partner’s brothers.

Key prosecution witness April Collins, aged 24, was giving evidence in the trial of John Dundon, aged 29, of Hyde Road, Limerick, who has pleaded not guilty to threatening to kill her and making a threat to her to kill her mother Alice Collins at an address on Hyde Road on the weekend of Apr 3 and 4, 2011.

His brother Wayne Dundon, aged 33, of Lenihan Avenue, Ballinacurra Weston, has pleaded not guilty to five counts relating to threatening to kill Alice Collins and her children Gareth, Jimmy and April, as well as two counts of obstructing the course of justice at addresses in Limerick City between Sept 2010 and Mar 2011.