Man attacked two women on street in space of one hour

A young woman who stopped to give a young man directions in Cork was attacked and dragged up a lane. He ordered her to kiss him as he prised her legs apart and she feared she was about to be raped and murdered.

Detective Garda Colin Greenway said it was one of two attacks on women committed within less than an hour by the same man. The second attack became sexual after the initial physical violence.

In both cases, he said he was down from Dublin, had become separated from his friends and needed directions to Shandon Street.