Rapist hijacked car during 2-day crime spree

A convicted rapist terrified a woman and her elderly mother at a shopping centre car park in Cork when he pulled a knife and demanded their car keys.

That was the scenario described yesterday by Det Sgt Malachy White in the case against Donal Moynihan, aged 29, of Raheen East, Rathmore, Co Kerry, at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

Det Sgt White said that Moynihan’s previous convictions included a 12-year sentence, later reduced on appeal, for a rape in Killarney, Co Kerry.