2026-01-19
Musician gets 16.5 years for repeatedly raping then-wife and her sister
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Mr Justice Naidoo imposed a sentence of seven years in relation to the offences against Kavanagh's former wife and a consecutive term of 12 years and six months for the offences against her sister. He said as it was a consecutive term, he would reduce the global sentence by two years before he imposed a sentence 17 years and six months.