Garda probe launched as to why case was not properly investigated

A Garda investigation has been launched into a failure to properly investigate an allegation by a Polish woman that she was raped and sexually assaulted while being held against her will in her assailant’s apartment.

The HSE is also investigating a complaint into the incident as the woman, who has poor English, claims she was not examined for sexual assault, despite reporting to having been attacked. Medical records dating from the incident back up the woman’s claim.

Since the incident in 2006, Anna Bubula, 46, has received extensive treatment at a rape crisis centre and has displayed a litany of post-traumatic symptoms that are usually associated with victims of violent sexual assault.