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A Loughrea man who violently sexually assaulted a nurse in a laneway causing her severe head injuries will face sentencing in June.

A Galway woman, who was caught behind the wheel of a car while holding a pint glass of Red Bull and vodka, and was abusive to gardai, punching one in the face and hurling insults at others, failed to contest the charges brought against her.

A jury has heard how a man who had got behind on his debts to drug suppliers was abducted by two men and taken to a country laneway shed where he was subjected to the “most horrific” assault for more than an hour.

A 23-year-old Co Galway man has been returned for trial to the present sittings of the Central Criminal Court charged with the alleged rape of a woman in the city centre less than five months ago.

A Donegal man, who jumped on to the bonnet of a Garda patrol car causing €500 worth of damage, said that his stag do mates had dared him to do it, the Galway District Court heard this week.

Suspended sentences do mean something, warned Judge Mary Fahy who jailed a man for a total of 11 months this week after he threatened his estranged wife at her home and then grabbed an arresting Garda by the throat in an attempt to evade arrest.