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Convicted sex attacker gets 10-year sentence for raping former partner

Date
2017-05-19
Stage
Sentence
Primary locality
Cork
County
Cork

Summary

A 30‑year‑old Cork man was sentenced to ten years in prison for raping his former partner, a sentence to be served consecutively to a term he is already serving for a separate rape. The Central Criminal Court jury found him guilty of one count of oral rape and assault causing harm after he raped the woman at their home on 8 September 2013. He had pleaded guilty to the offences. The victim, who could not be named, gave a lengthy impact statement describing the fear she lived in for three years after the rape and the ways the man tried to regain control over her while she was under a barring order. She recounted how he moved close to her, called Gardaí falsely, and made her feel trapped. The court noted the profound effect of the offences on her life.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Convicted sex attacker gets 10-year sentence for raping former partner. Charges or matters: one count of orally raping her and to assault causing harm at the same address on July 10, 2013; raping her and before he was jailed for raping another woman. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty

When:

Case subjects

Unnamed 30-year-old

Convicted Person

Charges: one count of orally raping her and to assault causing harm at the same address on July 10, 2013; raping her and before he was jailed for raping another woman (Proven)

Plea: Guilty

Finding: Found guilty

Outcome: Found guilty; By Isabel Hayes and Fiona Ferguson A Cork sex offender who raped his former partner has been jailed for ten years. At the sentence hearing earlier this month, his former partner described how she spent the three years after the rape in fear of him until he was finally jailed for raping another woman.

Places mentioned

Secondary Mention
Court Venue
  • Central Criminal Court

Topics

Stage Sentence Violent Crime

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