Mayor’s son guilty of assault

A son of the mayor of Galway will be sentenced in June for the violent sexual assault of a nurse in a laneway.

Brian Maher, aged 24, of Clostoken, Loughrea, Co Galway, pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault and assault causing harm on Oct 16, 2010. Maher is a son of the Galway mayor, Cllr Michael Maher (FG).

The Central Criminal Court heard the 38-year-old victim was making her way home from a night out with friends in Galway City when Maher grabbed her by the neck, pulled her into an alleyway and hit her head off a wall and off the ground.