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There was on average one sex attack every 10 days in the Galway West Garda division during the last four years, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office.

A PART-TIME postman from Mullingar who raped and sexually assaulted a woman in her isolated rural home over an 11-year period in the 1980s and 1990s has lost, by a three to two majority, his Supreme Court appeal against conviction.

Inspector Jarlath Folan said he was not prepared to accept a guilty plea to assault when Derek McKevitt of 139 Ashfield was charged with assault causing harm.

A man has appeared before the District Court charged with two counts of sexually assaulting a female.

A Westmeath man will appear before the Circuit Court following Judge Eamon O’Brien’s decision not to accept jurisdiction in the District Court for an assault offence.

A Mullingar man has been charged with assaulting a man with a machete, causing him harm.

The man currently serving a life sentence for the murder of Swiss student Manuela Riedo was brought before Galway District Court this week charged with the assault of gardai and with breaching a protection order.

A Midlands man has been sent forward for trial to the Circuit Court on two counts of sexual assault.

A Lithuanian has been jailed for six years for the oral rape of a German woman in Galway city almost four years ago.

A man accused of assaulting and terrorising staff at tattoo shops while armed with a hammer and a knife has been remanded in custody again after the bailsperson expressed concerns that bail conditions would not be adhered to.