VICTIM OF SEX ATTACK HAD 999 CALL CANCELLED

Frantic woman told gardaí of real fear that her rapist was going to return

ONE of the thousands of emergency 999 calls cancelled by gardaí was from a woman who had just been raped and feared her attacker was returning, the Irish Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Another cancelled call was from a woman in Dublin who was being attacked by a man with a weapon and feared for her life.

Details of the harrowing nature of some of the cancelled ‘high-risk’ 999 calls under investigation come amid calls for more training and resources for gardaí to