2018-07-02
"The stuff of nightmares": 13-year sentence upheld for man who twice raped woman (73) after breaking into her home
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment and ordered to undergo five years post release supervision by Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy on July 25, 2016. Hussey lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence in the Court of Appeal on Monday, where Mr Justice John Hedigan described the offence as "one of the most serious cases of rape" to have come before the three-judge court.