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Tinder rapist Nevin and State both to appeal sentence
Summary
Patrick Nevin, a 38‑year‑old serial sex offender, is set to appeal the 14‑year sentence handed to him for raping and sexually assaulting women he met on the Tinder dating app. The judge, Ms Justice Eileen Creedon, found Nevin had a preoccupation with sex, hostility towards women and a high risk of re‑offending. He pleaded guilty to raping a woman in Bellewstown, Co. Meath on 12 July 2014 and to a sexual assault of a second woman four days later at an unknown location in Co. Meath. The judge imposed a 14‑year term with the final two years suspended and noted Nevin was already serving a five‑and‑a‑half‑year sentence for a third Tinder‑related assault at the UCD campus on 23 July 2014. The State has lodged a counter‑appeal arguing that the two‑year suspended portion was too lenient. Both appeals will be heard remotely on 30 July 2020.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Tinder rapist Nevin and State both to appeal sentence. Charges or matters: raping one woman at Bellewstown, Co Meath on July 12, 2014 and to sexual assault four days later of a second woman at an unknown place in Co Meath. Procedural stage: appeal
When:
- July 12, 2014 Incident
- July 23, 2014 Incident
- 30th July Incident
- 2020-05-18 Publication
Case subjects
Appellant
Charges: raping one woman at Bellewstown, Co Meath on July 12, 2014 and to sexual assault four days later of a second woman at an unknown place in Co Meath (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Justice Creedon imposed a 14-year sentence but suspended the final two years. The computer programmer is also serving a five-and-a-half-year sentence imposed previously for the sexual assault of a third woman he met on Tinder.
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