2020-01-28
Rapist returned to prison for committing burglaries after release
In 2011 Gerard Kane, aged 43, broke into a woman's home and raped her twice. He had been on bail for a separate burglary of a Fianna Fáil minister's office. In November 2012 he pleaded guilty to the rape and was sentenced to twelve years with three years suspended. Released in August 2018, he committed two burglaries in January 2019, for which he…