Civil Defence member says paramedic sexually assaulted her

A female member of the Civil Defence told a jury yesterday how a paramedic partially stripped her and sexually assaulted her in the back of an ambulance three years ago.

At Ennis Circuit Court, the woman, aged 24, said that she blanked out for a few seconds in the ambulance after the man “tried to choke me. I could feel my trachea closing”.

The woman said the paramedic had driven the ambulance to a forested area. After parking up, she said he told her he wanted to try out a manoeuvre on her.