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Case No. 17277Alleged rape; harassment · Co. Kildare

Woman seeks protection order at Naas District Court over alleged rape

Reported on 13 May 2024, a woman sought a protection order at Naas District Court, County Kildare, against a man who had been a tenant in the house where her family lived. The man's age and nationality are not given. Gardaí were contacted after a woman outside a home said the man had breached a safety order, and the court heard he had called her names and that there was banging and shouting at a bedroom door there. The woman, who is living in a women's refuge, said the man harasses her verbally and emotionally, and she told the court her child was the result of a rape, an alleged offence two years earlier that gardaí are still investigating. Judge Desmond Zaidan granted a protection order and bound the man to the peace for 12 months, then adjourned the case for a fuller hearing and directed gardaí to serve the order on him.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In court13 May
    2 reports
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • A woman sought a protection order against a man at Naas District Court under family law legislation.
  • The woman says the man harasses her verbally and emotionally and has called her names.
  • It was claimed there was banging and shouting at a bedroom door at the property.
  • The woman told the court that her child was the result of a rape.
Where
The woman is living in a women's refuge.
When
  • The articles give no incident date for the breach of the safety order.
  • The woman says the alleged rape happened two years before the hearing.
Cause
The man was a tenant in the house where the woman's family lived and a friend of her husband.
Other details
  • The woman says she suffered domestic violence from her husband.
  • The man has 29 previous convictions, 10 of them for breaches of family law orders, and his last conviction was in May 2023.
  • The man said he had a long history of substance and alcohol abuse and had given up both seven months earlier.
Investigation
  • A woman outside the home told gardaí the man had breached a safety order, and gardaí were contacted.
  • The woman told the court that gardaí are still investigating the alleged rape.
In court
Judge Desmond Zaidan granted a protection order, with no other parties present or represented, and adjourned the case for a fuller hearing.
Sentence
Judge Desmond Zaidan bound the man to the peace for 12 months and directed gardaí to serve the order on him.
22 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA man with 29 previous convictions breached a safety order and was verbally abusive to his partner. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatThe woman said the man had called her names. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatIt was claimed there was banging and shouting at a bedroom door at the property. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatA woman told Naas District Court that her child was the result of rape. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatThe woman says the man is harassing her verbally and emotionally. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatThe man was a tenant in the house where the woman's family lived. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatThe man was a friend of the woman's husband, and she says she suffered domestic violence by her husband. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatBoth men came from the same country. (kildarenow.com)
  • whereThe case was heard at Naas District Court. (kildarenow.com)
  • whereThe woman is living in a women's refuge. (kildarenow.com)
  • investigationGardaí were contacted, and a woman outside the home said the man had breached the order. (kildarenow.com)
  • investigationGardaí are investigating a rape the woman alleges happened two years previously. (kildarenow.com)
  • investigationThe woman told the court that gardaí are still investigating the matter. (kildarenow.com)
  • courtThe woman sought protection under family law legislation. (kildarenow.com)
  • courtJudge Zaidan granted a protection order. (kildarenow.com)
  • courtNo other parties were present or represented for the hearing. (kildarenow.com)
  • courtThe case was adjourned for a fuller hearing, and the judge directed gardaí to serve the order on the man. (kildarenow.com)
  • sentenceJudge Desmond Zaidan bound the man to the peace for 12 months. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherTen of the 29 previous convictions related to breaches of family law orders. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherThe man said he had a long history of substance and alcohol abuse and had given up both seven months previously. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherThe woman wants the relationship to work for herself and the child. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherThe man's last conviction was in May 2023. (kildarenow.com)

The reporting

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  1. 13 May2024
    In courtkildarenow.com, first report
    Court hears from woman that her child was the result of rape

    First report of this protection order hearing at Naas District Court; gardaí are investigating an alleged rape and the court granted a protection order.

    victim, femalesuspect, male
  2. 13 May2024
    In courtkildarenow.com, follow-up
    Man in court had ten previous instances of breaching orders

    Court report on the man's appearance at Naas District Court, with details of his previous convictions and the outcome of being bound to the peace. The article gives no incident date.

    accused, malevictim, female