A Russian-speaking Ukrainian national residing in County Cavan is set to appear at Cavan District Court on Thursday accused of attacking a woman and refusing to release her from a room until she started screaming.
65-YEAR-OLD Alexander Ivanec appeared before a special sitting of at Dublin District Court over the weekend.
Alexander Ivanec, a Russian-speaking Ukrainian national residing at Ballyhaise Agricultural College, Co. Cavan, appeared before Judge Dermot Dempsey at Dublin District Court on Saturday.
The agricultural college is providing accommodation for Ukrainian asylum seekers.
The case related to an alleged offence last September. The court sitting heard that the 65 year old allegedly held a door closed on the complainant in a "forcible manner", keeping the woman in a room for three minutes.
The court was told that the woman began screaming, and the accused "ran from the house".
Mr Ivanec was arrested under the Non-Fatal Offences Against Act for false imprisonment but charged with assault
The investigating officer agreed with defence counsel Kevin McCrave that bail terms were agreeable.
Judge Dermot Dempsey ordered him to reside at the County Cavan College but to have no contact with the woman who also lives there and to take no alcohol or illegal drugs
He must also remain out of parts of the campus. Mr Ivanec has not yet indicated a plea.
Judge Dempsey remanded him on €300 bail to appear at Cavan District Court on Thursday.
He also granted legal aid to include a translator during legal consultations.
