Barman gets five years for rape

A Dublin barman who raped a prostitute while impersonating a garda has been jailed for five years by the Central Criminal Court…

A Dublin barman who raped a prostitute while impersonating a garda has been jailed for five years by the Central Criminal Court.

Brian Fergus Molloy (33), of Willow Road, Wyckam Park, Dundrum, told his victim he was an off-duty garda and that all the prostitutes in the area gave him free sex. The 24-year-old victim told the court she tried to commit suicide after the attack.

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