Rapist brings action against DPP over alleged failure to prosecute prison officers for perjury

A convicted rapist wants to bring legal proceedings against the DPP and the gardaí over an alleged failure to prosecute prison officers for perjury in relation to an incident in which he was assaulted while in custody, writes Ann O'Loughlin of the Irish Examiner.

Darius Savickis (aged 46), who is originally from Lithuania, was assasulted by a prison officer while serving a six-year sentence for orally raping a 23-year-old German woman walking home from work in Galway on November 28, 2005.