Riedo killer's rape victim 'surprised to be alive'

The Galway man who murdered Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo has been remanded in custody pending sentence for raping a young French woman at knife point in 2007.

Gerald Barry (aged 29), of Rosan Glas, Rahoon pleaded guilty to raping the then 21-year-old woman near a GAA pitch in Galway city on August 16, 2007. A charge of theft in relation to the victim's personal belongings was taken into account.