Man to be sentenced for attempted rape

A former shop security man who secretly shot graphic images of women in Galway pubs, clubs and streets will be sentenced today for attempted rape and assault.

Russell Murray, aged 33, of Clydagh, Moycullen, but originally from Tallaght, Dublin pleaded guilty to the attack on a Polish woman in the early hours of April 8, 2009.

Murray’s van was found at the scene and after his arrest he told gardaií he had had a "sexual urge" to rape a woman.