Court Appearance Fermoy on Friday 11th February 2022. Pic: Larry Cummins. COURT COPY OLIVIA KELLEHER. Vadim Veste (pictured) appeared before Fermoy District Court where he was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a woman at St Colman's Park in Fermoy on November 7, 2021. Detective Garda David Barry of Fermoy Garda Station gave evidence of the arrest, charge and caution of Mr Veste. He told Judge Alec Gabbett that he formally charged Mr Veste with aggravated sexual assault outside the courthouse in Fermoy at 10.40am. Mr Veste made no reply when the charge was put to him under caution. Det Garda Barry indicated the new charge arose following directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions. Two earlier lesser charges have now been withdrawn against the Moldovan national, who has poor English and required an interpreter in court.The charge of aggravated sexual assault is contrary to Section 3 of the Criminal Law Rape Amendment Act. Det Garda Barry said gardaí were requesting that Mr Veste, of Clancy Park, Fermoy, Co Cork, be sent forward for trial by indictment to the present sitting of the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.