Grandmother feared she would be raped by intruder

A grandmother thought she would be raped when watching Vincent Browne on TV as an intruder pounced with his pants down, a court has heard.

Dean Martin, aged 21, of Ballyclough Avenue, Ballinacurra West, yesterday pleaded not guilty at Limerick Circuit Court to breaking into the woman’s house, with sexually assaulting her, and with assault causing harm.

Judge Carroll Moran told a jury of nine men and three women that the trial is expected to last two to three days.