Spanish tourist raped in Dublin on New Year's Eve asks to meet her attacker and ‘look him in the eyes' via restorative justice
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Spanish tourist raped in Dublin on New Year's Eve asks to meet her attacker and ‘look him in the eyes' via restorative justice
A Spanish tourist who was raped in Dublin city centre during New Year's Eve celebrations has said she wants to meet her attacker in a safe space and ask him how he could have been so cruel.
