Galway man convicted of orally raping woman in van

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A Galway man was convicted of orally raping a woman at the Central Criminal Court, as reported on 18 April 2018. The offence occurred at a Galway location in the early hours of 5 November 2015. The 46-year-old had denied the charge. The jury returned a majority 11-1 verdict after four hours and 15 minutes.

Ms Justice Eileen Creedon ordered that he be registered as a sex offender and remanded him on continuing bail until sentencing in May. The court heard he had no previous convictions. Reporting restrictions remained in place until after sentencing.