2024-04-26
Rapist out on bail when he sexually assaulted sleeping woman
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Passing sentence today, Judge Martin Nolan said he was not sure he could say with any degree of certainty that Parker would not offend again but noted the court was not in the business of preventive detention. "He must get a just sentence for what he did on the particular night," he said. Judge Nolan set a headline sentence of four years and noting the mitigating circumstances, such as the guilty plea, he imposed a sentence of two years imprisonment.