2015-11-13
Limerick man jailed for 12.5 years for repeated rape of woman in her own home
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy imposed sentences of 12 and a half years years for each of the rape offences. She imposed the maximum possible sentence of five years for the assault, saying it was hard to envisage a more serious attack. "He terrorised her for more than an hour, putting her in real fear of her life," the judge said.