2020-06-25
Alleged IRA man caged for raping boys subject to 'severe abuse' by other prisoners
Stage: Appeal
Outcome: Credit: Collins) An alleged IRA man jailed for raping teenage boys at a "republican safe house" over two decades ago was initially held on 23-hour lock-up after he was subject to severe verbal abuse by other prisoners, the Court of Appeal has heard. According to the judge who jailed him, Marley used his standing in the republican movement, a movement 'well capable of clandestine killings', to silence his victims.; Justice John Edwards, presiding with Justice Patrick McCarthy and Justice Isobel Kennedy, reserved judgment in the case.