Man (27) remanded in custody charged with aggravated sexual assault of woman walking her dog in park
February 11th 2022
A man has been remanded to the Central Criminal Court charged with the aggravated sexual assault of a woman out walking her dog in a Cork park.
Vadim Veste (27) was remanded for trial after being charged with the aggravated sexual assault at St Colman’s Park in Fermoy, Co Cork, on the evening of November 7.
Mr Veste appeared before Judge Alec Gabbett at Fermoy District Court.
Detective Garda David Barry offered the court evidence of Mr Veste’s arrest, charge and caution.
Det Garda Barry said the new charge arose following updated instructions from the DPP. Two lesser charges which had been previously levelled against Mr Veste have now been withdrawn.
Det Garda Barry said gardaí were requesting that Mr Veste, of Clancy Park, Fermoy, Co Cork, be sent forward for trial by indictment to the present sitting of the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.
The accused was remanded in custody pending his appearance at the Central Criminal Court at a future date.
Gardaí previously objected to bail given that Mr Veste, a Moldovan national, has no ties to this jurisdiction and the serious nature of the charge.
Fermoy District Court refused to grant him bail. The defendant unsuccessfully applied to the High Court for bail. He is a married man with a wife and children in Moldova.
Fermoy District Court previously heard that the alleged incident occurred when a woman in her 50s was walking her dog in St Colman’s Park shortly after 6pm last November 7.
It is alleged that she was approached from behind, pulled to the ground in a darkened area of the park and subjected to a sexual assault.
Two members of the public heard her screams for help and the attacker fled.