PARK SEX ATTACKER 'READ THE WRONG SIGNALS'

Three years in jail for assault after 'dragging' victim into trees

- BY STEPHEN MAGUIRE

A MAN who sexually assaulted a young woman in a park after he claimed he “read the wrong signals” has been jailed for three years.

Billy Diver appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court after pleading guilty to the attack at Swan Park in Buncrana, Donegal on June 24, 2020.

Diver, now aged 26, was with another friend when he saw two young women, aged 19, sitting on a bench in the park.

Garda Keith Conlon outlined the incident, led by State barrister Fiona Crawford BL.

It was around 8pm and the young women were walking around the park when two young men began chatting to them.

The women began walking on and the two young men turned up again.

Suddenly one of the men grabbed one of the women and “dragged” her into some trees and grabbed her by the backside.

The woman then told gardai how the man then grabbed her right hand and forced it on to his penis.

As she broke free the man then touched her crotch over her jeans.