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Court reports mentioning the name Down Syndrome
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2026-02-08 · Dublin
The Workplace Relations Commission has dismissed Ellie Dunne's disability discrimination complaint against the National College of Art and Design (NCAD). Dunne, the first student with Down Syndrome to enrol in NCAD's fine art degree, alleged the college failed to provide necessary supports during her 2023 first semester, leading to her failure in…
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2019-01-22 · Dublin
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a man, Faisal Ellahi, 37, must be given convincing evidence before being granted extra time to appeal his conviction for raping a young woman with Down Syndrome. Ellahi was found guilty by a jury at the Central Criminal Court after a five‑week trial and sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment in March 2016. He…
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2018-03-08 · Dublin
Faisal Ellahi, a Pakistani national, was convicted in 2016 of raping a young woman with Down syndrome in Dublin. He received a 13‑year prison sentence after a jury found him guilty of rape and sexual assault. Ellahi had pleaded not guilty and had lodged an appeal outside the 28‑day deadline. The Central Criminal Court scheduled a procedural…
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2016-03-14 · Dublin
Faisal Ellahi, 34, from Haripur, Pakistan, was sentenced by Judge Tony Hunt to 13 years' imprisonment for raping a young woman with Down syndrome on 12 June 2013 at his Dublin home. The jury convicted him of rape and sexual assault; the judge declined to suspend any part of the sentence, noting the offence severely undermined the victim's…
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2015-12-18 · Dublin
Faisal Ellahi, 34, was found guilty by a jury of raping a woman with Down syndrome after luring her to his Dublin home. The trial, lasting five weeks, included DVDs of the victim's interview, where she recounted being separated from her mother on the street and then taken by Ellahi to his house. He admitted to approaching many women but denied…
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2015-12-07 · Dublin
In a 2015 trial, a 34‑year‑old man accused of raping a woman with Down Syndrome was observed by Garda Fiona Morrison two days after the alleged offence. The man had allegedly lured the woman to his home and raped her after she separated from her mother. He admits some sexual contact but claims it was consensual and that he was unaware of her…
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2015-12-01 · Dublin
During the trial of a 34‑year‑old man accused of raping a woman with Down syndrome, ten women testified that they were harassed or pestered by him near the alleged rape site. The incidents, mostly within days of the alleged rape on 12 June 2013, involved the accused approaching women on the street, offering wine or cigarettes, and asking for sex…
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2015-11-25 · Dublin
In a 2015 trial, a woman in her twenties with Down syndrome was alleged to have been raped at the accused's Dublin home on 12 June 2013. The accused admitted some sexual contact but claimed it was consensual and that he was unaware of her mental impairment. The victim's mother testified that her daughter was "white as a sheet" and "retching" when…
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