Young au pair bravely fought off burglar

A young au pair, in the country for just a couple of weeks, was subjected to a violent assault during an aggravated burglary in south Dublin yesterday morning.

The woman, a 23-year-old from Spain, bravely fought off her attacker and inflicted scratch marks on his face and a cut to a right finger.

Gardaí said the scratch marks “should still be fresh” and they put out an appeal, along with other descriptions, in the hope someone may have seen the man.