Raped woman feared being murdered

A 19-year-old woman, raped in a north Cork town in an early hours attack, was afraid to cry out in fear of being murdered or thrown into the river.

The victim had wept throughout her violent sexual attack in the Kanturk area, in which she was kicked repeatedly in the face and vagina, sexually assaulted and orally raped, according to Garda evidence yesterday.

Sylvster Torrens, 32, with an address at Spring Lane, Blackpool, Cork, who raped and attacked her, threatened to kill his victim if she did not do what he demanded in the early hours of Mar 18, 2011.