Algerian man accused of sexually assaulting 'vulnerable' woman in Cork City 

Accused assaulted 21-year-old woman as she walked home from the city centre after midnight on December 3, 2021, court heard

'It is alleged he contacted this 21-year-old lone female and approached her in a calculated matter and sexually assaulted her on two occasions on her way home,' Detective Garda Kevin Hastings told Cork District Court. Picture: Larry Cummins

A book of evidence was served on a 46-year-old man accused of approaching a young woman walking home alone in Cork City and sexually assaulting her twice.

An Arabic interpreter was sworn in so the evidence could be translated for the accused.