2024-12-10
Serial abuser priest has jail term for 'predatory' rape halved on appeal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Nolan has been in custody since 2014 and was serving three sentences totalling 19 years for sexual offending against three other complainants when the additional five-year term was imposed, giving an anticipated release date of March 2032. He said a "significant factor" in the court's consideration was that had Nolan been sentenced "all at the one time" for this matter and the matters which for which he is already serving a jail term, it was unlikely that the cumulative sentence would have been five years greater than the 19-year aggregate term he is currently serving.