8 years for beating and trying to rape student

A construction worker who viciously beat and attempted to rape an 18-year-old student has been given an eight-year sentence.

Lithuanian Arunas Cervinskas, aged 32, attacked the woman after she encountered him on her way home alone.

Gardaí were able to track him through his phone number, as the woman had given him her number just prior to the offence and he had called her mobile to verify it was correct.