GSOC investigating woman’s claim of rape and years of harrassment by a garda

Michael Clifford hears from a woman who tells a disturbing story about a serving garda who used his position of authority to turn her life into a living hell

THIS is Anna Ilnicka’s version of how she was subjected to repeated attack by a garda begins with an introduction, on the street of a west of Ireland town.

She was in a distressed state when the man approached her. She was sitting alone, listening to a busker. She was trying to deal with a devastating experience she had suffered, initially in the clutches of a violent predator, and subsequently at the hands of state agencies, including the health service and the gardaí.