Man accused of sexual assault of dogwalker in Fermoy to spend Christmas in prison

The court heard the woman managed to scratch the man before he fled when two other walkers heard her screams for help

A Garda at one of the entrances to St Colman's College pitches and Health Campus in Fermoy, Co Cork, last month. Judge Olann Kelleher remanded Vadim Veste in custody for four weeks. Picture: Dan Linehan

A 27-year-old man has been remanded in custody throughout the holiday period on a charge of sexually assaulting a woman out walking her dog in Fermoy.

Vadim Veste, a Moldovan national with joint Moldovan and Romanian citizenship, appeared before Cork District Court by video link from prison.