2024-12-16
'Don't stay, because it doesn't get better': Violent abuser who repeatedly raped partner while keeping her 'hostage' gets 14.5 years
Stage: Sentence
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Barry Murphy (R)) By Fiona Ferguson and Sonya McLean A violent abuser who repeatedly raped and controlled his partner while she was "for all intents and purposes" kept hostage in her home has been jailed for 14 and a half years. Mr Justice Naidoo imposed a global sentence of 15 and a half years after he said that all the sentences would run concurrently.