A Dublin salon worker has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a woman during a pedicure treatment.
The man, aged in his 30s, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Dublin District Court on Monday for a trial venue ruling.
The incident is alleged to have happened at a South Dublin beauty salon in July of last year.
In court, Garda Sgt Niall Murphy said it was alleged that a 30-year-old woman came to the salon for a pedicure.
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“She was asked if she wanted a full pedicure. She said she did not understand what she was being asked, but agreed to it,” he said.
“And in the course of that, the allegation is that [the] defendant massaged her inner thighs with the back of his hands and during the course of that, three times massaged over her genital area with the back of his hands.”
The Director of Public Prosecutions directed summary disposal of the case in the District Court rather than a trial on indictment in the Circuit Court, which has wider sentencing powers.
After hearing an outline of the prosecution’s evidence, Judge Treasa Kelly accepted jurisdiction and noted the defendant’s not guilty plea.
She adjourned the case until January to schedule a hearing date. The accused was remanded on continuing bail.
