2019-12-19
"Arrogant" double rapist fails in appeal
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Mr Justice Paul Coffey noted the trauma and anguish caused by Limen's attacks on the women before he imposed a prison sentence of seven-and-a-half years on December 11, 2017. Mr Justice McCarthy said there was no reason to think the jury would have "fallen into the error of thinking that there was cross corroboration on a 'similar fact' basis." He also rejected a claim that the trial judge erred when he ruled that Limen's arrest was lawful, that he had no constitutional right to a lawyer during interview and that he was fit for interview during his first period of detention.