Woman refers to court process 'nonsense' as she recalls 'slow-motion horror' of sexual assault

The woman was a Leaving Cert student when the sexual assault happened approximately 10 years ago

Judge Helen Boyle said after hearing the evidence: 'It is my intention to consider this case of two young people. I want to think about it.' File picture: Larry Cummins

A Leaving Cert student’s sexual assault approximately 10 years ago was described by the young woman on Wednesday as “a slow-motion horror”.

“The night you attacked me shattered my life in ways I could never have imagined. After what you did to me, everything I had worked for, every dream, every goal was destroyed.