2016-12-12
Violent rapist jailed for 15 years as judge says "he needs to be removed from society"
Stage: Sentence
Outcome: O'Brien with a former address in Arlington Lodge, Church Street, Tralee, was sentenced in early 2015 after being convicted of separate offences of rape and false imprisonment carried out two months earlier. He said O'Brien was "a very serious threat indeed" but said his case fell just short of one where a life sentence should be imposed.