Woman sexually assaulted in Fermoy park believed she would be 'raped or murdered'

Sentencing of man charged with attack adjourned until June 12

Vadim Veste was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a woman at St Colman's Park in Fermoy on November 7, 2021. File picture

A 52-year-old woman walking her dog in the park in Fermoy on a Sunday evening was sexually assaulted and attacked by a stranger and such was the level of violence she believed she was going to be raped or murdered.

She managed to fend him off and two men exercising in the area came to her assistance, the victim said at the sentencing hearing for 28-year-old Vadim Veste.