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10 years for man who raped ex-partner and threatened to kill her
Summary
In a Central Criminal Court hearing, a man was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for raping his ex‑partner after threatening to cut her fingers with garden secateurs. The victim, a Cork woman, had endured an 18‑year toxic relationship for her children's sake. On 2 August 2019, the man showed her the secateurs, threatened to sever her fingers, forced her into the bedroom, and demanded oral and vaginal sex. He raped her again until a child returned home. The woman fled, staying in hotels and with friends before securing rental accommodation. The man later returned, brandishing a modified nail file he claimed was a knife, and threatened her again. The judge noted the crime's severity, imposed a headline sentence of ten years for the rape, and added concurrent sentences totalling nine years for related offences, with a consecutive three‑year term and a two‑year suspension for interference with a witness. The unnamed accused pleaded guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: 10 years for man who raped ex-partner and threatened to kill her. Charges or matters: interfering with a witness in a criminal investigation, trespass, assault causing harm, criminal damage and making a threat to kill. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- August 2, 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
- July 14 Incident
- 2022-10-17 Publication
Why: She did not go to gardai because of how it might affect her children and during that time she said she was afraid to be on the streets. CNI source report
Case subjects
Accused
Charges: interfering with a witness in a criminal investigation, trespass, assault causing harm, criminal damage and making a threat to kill (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: By Declan Brennan and Fiona Ferguson A man who raped his ex-partner after threatening to cut her fingers off with a garden secateurs has been jailed for ten years. Mr Justice Hunt imposed concurrent sentences totalling nine years in relation to the first series of offences and a consecutive sentence of three years with the final two years suspended in relation to the interference with a witness charges.
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