A former professional soccer player from Brazil based in West Cork raped a 19-year-old woman in her own bedroom at knifepoint, while making video-recordings and threatening to kill her and her parents.
Tiago Damasceno Sousa, age 39, who was living in West Cork for approximately 18 months before the rape on March 29, 2024, pleaded guilty to carrying out the attack. The facts of the case were outlined on Friday at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork.