Rapist avoids jail for failing to tell gardaí of move

In one of the first cases of its kind in Limerick, a notorious rapist who attacked a teenage French student the day before she went home was yesterday given a suspended jail sentence for failing to notify gardaí that he had moved address in the city.

Francis Goggin, aged 43, was found walking a dog near a new address at South Circular Road, by the garda with whom he was to liaise with since being placed on the sex offenders register.

Limerick District Court, heard that Goggin, who was jailed for eight years in 2005 for aggravated rape, gave false addresses when challenged about his new place of residence.