Rape accused breached bail conditions

A man accused of raping a woman four times in one night last January breached his bail conditions by leaving Cork for an art exhibition and failing to return for two days.

The 27-year-old man faces charges of aggravated sexual assault, assault causing harm, sexual assault, and four counts of raping the woman at a house in Cork on January 4.

Garda James Buckley served the book of evidence on the accused yesterday and said gardaí were opposed to his continuing bail in light of the recent breach.