Man claims he was too drunk to remember sexually assaulting woman

A man who says he was too drunk to remember knocking a woman out before sexually assaulting her has been jailed for four years.

Anthony Ryan, aged 32, had been at a cheap drinks promotion at a nightclub where he said he had drank seven large bottles of cider, four vodka and Red Bulls, three “Jager-bomb” cocktails, and two shots of Sambuca spirit.

Ryan followed the woman from the nightclub to her home where he attacked her, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard. He punched her seven times and twice punched her head against a wall.