2021-10-19
Violent rapist fails in appeal against 10-year jail term
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: But a jury did not accept his pleas and in February 2018, Gharib, of Dolmen Heights, Pollerton, Co Carlow, was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment, with the final two years suspended, by Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy following a three-week trial at the Central Criminal Court. Lawyers for Gharib submitted to the court that the headline sentence of 12 years for the offence had been set too high.