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Rapist returned to prison for breaching suspended sentence conditions
Summary
In 2019, a 58‑year‑old man who had been released from prison in January after serving the non‑suspended part of a ten‑year sentence was jailed for 18 months for breaching the conditions of his suspended sentence. The man had originally been convicted of raping his ex‑partner on 9 August 2013, an offence that involved a hatchet, threats of death and cutting the victim's hair. He had been required to participate in the "Better Lives" sex‑offender treatment programme while in custody, but his assessors found he had not achieved the necessary level of participation or insight into his crime. The Central Criminal Court, presided over by Justice Paul McDermott, revoked part of the three‑year suspended sentence and imposed a substitute 18‑month term, with the final 18 months suspended on the offender's own bond to keep the peace. The judge noted the man's high degree of violence and the need for a proportionate response. The unnamed 58-year-old pleaded guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Rapist returned to prison for breaching suspended sentence conditions. Charges or matters: rape at the woman's Cork home in the early hours of August 9, 2013. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- August 9, 2013 Incident
- October 2013 Other
- 2019-07-29 Publication
Why: He also cut her off her hair with a scissors because she was not performing sexual acts to his liking. CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: rape at the woman's Cork home in the early hours of August 9, 2013 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: By Declan Brennan and Cianan Brennan A rapist released from prison last January has been jailed for 18 months for breaching the conditions of his partly-suspended sentence. In October 2013, Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan imposed a ten-year sentence but suspended the last three years on condition that the man be of good behaviour for the ten years.; He adjourned it to March to allow time for the psychologist's report.
Places mentioned
- Central Criminal Court
- Arbour Hill prison
Topics
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