Woman in rape and battery case retracts statement after intimidation

A woman who retracted a statement she made to gardaí alleging she was raped 43 times was subjected to systematic intimidation so that her alleged assailant could get bail, Limerick District Court heard.

Woman in rape and battery case retracts statement after intimidation

The state objected to the 33-year-old accused, who has a child with the woman, getting bail.

In a 30-page statement to gardaí on May 10, the woman gave a detailed account of how she had been abducted from a taxi in the city on May 3 last and held at a number of addresses until May 9.

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