Cork serial offender who bound and gagged woman in alleyway assault jailed 

Judge said guilty man 'had a plan' and had bought duct tape and a claw hammer on the day.

Maurice Fitzgerald of Abbeyview, Buttevant, Co Cork. He has six previous convictions, including two for sexual assault and others for false imprisonment, assault causing harm, and possession of weapons.

A Cork man who bound a young woman, gagged her with duct tape and assaulted her in an alleyway in Dublin city centre has been sentenced to ten years in prison, with the final 18 months suspended.

Maurice Fitzgerald, aged 29, of Abbeyview in Buttevant, pleaded guilty to falsely imprisoning and assaulting the woman, causing harm last August 27, at Meeting House Lane, off Mary's Abbey.