Attacker struck months after rape term

A convicted rapist who had been released months earlier followed a student home and caught her around the neck, causing her such terror that she no longer felt safe to live in Cork.

Detective Garda Andy O’Connell, said the neck injuries were similar to those suffered by a woman who was raped by the man eight years earlier.

Paul Buckley, aged 40, of 23 Baker’s Rd, Gurranabraher, pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to a charge of assault causing harm to a 21-year-old student at a house on Gillabbey St, Cork, on Apr 23, 2010.