Christopher Farrell's rape sentence doubled to 12 years

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Christopher Farrell’s rape sentence was doubled to 12 years by the Court of Appeal, reported on 17 December 2014. The court said the original six-year sentence for two rape counts was very seriously inadequate and unduly lenient.

Farrell had been convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in Co Louth in 2007. The appeal court quashed the concurrent six-year sentences for the rape counts and imposed 12 years instead.