Woman wants inquiry into rape claims

A woman who claims that she was dealt with in a wholly negligible manner by the State following a rape and assault has written to the Taoiseach requesting a statutory inquiry into her case.

Anna Ilnicka, whose case first appeared in the Irish Examiner in 2015, wants an inquiry to examine why the gardaí and the health services failed to properly investigate the crimes committed against her after a garda officer rescued her from the house where she was being assaulted.

Ms Ilnicka’s request comes after files prepared separately by both the gardaí and GSOC into her case were returned from the DPP with a direction that no prosecutions would follow.