'I don't feel safe anywhere': Cork woman sexually assaulted by intruder feared he would rape her daughter 

Woman managed to hit the accused in the head with a hurley and chased him out of the house, court heard

Detective Garda Paul Cullen gave evidence of the attack on the woman and on her daughter, who were falsely imprisoned at their home during the attack at about 5am on January 12. Picture: Larry Cummins

A West Cork woman who was being sexually attacked by an intruder at her home in the early hours of the morning feared what he would do to her teenage daughter, and when she got the chance she struck the attacker on the head with a hurley.

Detective Garda Paul Cullen gave evidence of the attack on the woman and on her daughter, who were falsely imprisoned at their home during the attack at about 5am on January 12.