2024-12-16 · Ballycumber, Offaly
'Don't stay, because it doesn't get better': Violent abuser who repeatedly raped partner while keeping her 'hostage' gets 14.5 years
Lisa O'Meara, who waived her anonymity, told the Central Criminal Court that she had been kept hostage in her own home by Barry Murphy, who repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted her between February 2018 and February 2020. Murphy, 39, was convicted of three rapes, one sexual assault, three assault causing harm, one false imprisonment and…