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Convicted rapist jailed for eight years for rape of victim's sister
Summary
In a Central Criminal Court hearing, a 61‑year‑old man was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment for raping a 39‑year‑old woman, the younger sister of a victim he had previously raped. The court noted that the victim was a vulnerable woman who had endured abuse from multiple family members, including her father, uncle, and grandfather. She had been raped by the defendant in her bedroom when she was either 10 or 12 years old, an act that left her physically injured and emotionally scarred. The defendant had moved into the family home in 1988 and had been in a relationship with the victim's mother for eight years. He pleaded guilty to the charge, and the sentence was back‑dated to the date of his arrest in March 2017. The court highlighted the defendant's guilty plea, age, and expressed remorse as mitigating factors.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Convicted rapist jailed for eight years for rape of victim's sister. Charges or matters: one charge of rape at the victim's family home in Co Galway on an unknown date sometime in 1989 and 1991; raping the woman's older sister between November 1988 and December 1992 when she was aged between 11 and 15 years old. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- March 28, 2017 Incident
- March 2017 Incident
- August 2015 Hearing Or Sentence
- November 1988 Other
- December 1992 Other
- 1989 and 1991 Incident
- 2018-11-13 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: one charge of rape at the victim's family home in Co Galway on an unknown date sometime in 1989 and 1991; raping the woman's older sister between November 1988 and December 1992 when she was aged between 11 and 15 years old (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Mr Justice Michael White sentenced the man to eight years imprisonment and backdated the sentence to March 28, 2017, the date the man was arrested in prison for this charge. In 2015 he was sentenced to 12 years in prison with the final two years suspended after he pleaded guilty to raping the woman's older sister between November 1988 and December 1992 when she was aged between 11 and 15 years old.
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