'He has broken me': Garda who falsely imprisoned and sexually assaulted woman in station is jailed

Woman had gone to the Garda station for advice about retrieving her son's car, which had been seized by gardaí in Co Carlow the previous day, court heard

William Ryan prevented the complainant from leaving Aughrim Garda Station and sexually assaulted her three times, court told. Picture: Collins Courts

A garda who falsely imprisoned and sexually assaulted a woman in a Co Wicklow Garda station has been jailed for six years.

William Ryan, aged 41, was convicted by a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury last year of three counts of sexual assault and one count of false imprisonment of the woman at Aughrim Garda Station, Main Street, Aughrim, Co Wicklow, on September 29, 2020. He has been in custody since the guilty verdicts were handed down.