2019-10-08
"It doesn't get more serious; it doesn't get more violent": 18-year sentence upheld for savage rape
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Sentencing him to 18 years imprisonment, Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy said he would have imposed a life sentence, were it not for Cassidy's guilty plea and "genuine remorse". He said he would not have had difficulty arguing in favour of a life sentence, had it been imposed.