2024-08-07
Eight years for man who raped woman as she slept beside newborn baby
Stage: Sentence
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Setting a headline sentence of nine years on the rape count, the judge noted that O'Donnell has not accepted the verdicts nor expressed remorse. Having considered O'Donnell's personal circumstances and the mitigating factors, Mr Justice Keane imposed a sentence of eight years on the rape count.