Man jailed for 'brutal and cowardly sexual assault' of woman in Fermoy park

“It had a terrible effect on her at the time and subsequently,” the judge said, adding that it generated fear not only that evening but also led to a fear that persists

At a previous sentence hearing at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork, the court heard Vadim Veste (pictured) travelled to Ireland just 18 days after being released from prison where he had served a sentence for the rape of a minor. Picture: Cork Courts Limited

A man who carried out a “shocking, brutal and cowardly sexual assault” on an “unsuspecting woman” walking her dog in a Cork park has been jailed for six years.

Vadim Veste (28), of Clancy Street, Fermoy, Co. Cork, a dual Moldovan-Romanian national, pleaded guilty before the Central Criminal Court to aggravated sexual assault of the woman, who is aged in her 50s, at St Colman's Park in Fermoy, Co. Cork, on November 7, 2021.