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Jail sentence cut for man who sexually assaulted sleeping flatmate
Summary
A 29‑year‑old Italian man was sentenced to two‑and‑a‑half years in jail for sexually assaulting his flatmate while she slept on a couch in their Dublin home on 27 April 2018. He pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in January. The Court of Appeal found the original sentence excessive and reduced it by six months, leaving a final term of two‑and‑a‑half years with six months suspended. The judge accepted the man's expressions of shame and remorse but deemed a jail term necessary due to the severity of the offence and the victim's trauma. A condition was imposed requiring the man to stay away from the victim for four years. The appeal was heard by Justices Birmingham, McCarthy and Kennedy, who set the headline sentence at four years before applying the suspension and condition. The case remains at the appeal stage.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Jail sentence cut for man who sexually assaulted sleeping flatmate. Procedural stage: appeal
When:
- April 27, 2018 Incident
- 2020-07-03 Publication
Why: She said that nobody understood how badly she had been injured because the psychological damage was immeasurable. CNI source report
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Outcome: The Italian man, who cannot be named to protect his victim's identity, was jailed for two-and-a-half years in January, after pleading guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to carrying out the offence on April 27, 2018. The Court of Appeal today found that the ultimate sentence imposed on the man was excessive and cut his jail term by six months following a successful appeal.
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