Jerry O'Keefe loses appeal against 10-year rape sentence

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Jerry O'Keefe’s appeal against a 10-year sentence for rape and indecent assault was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 23 July 2018. The sentence followed guilty pleas relating to offences against his two daughters when they were children in Youghal, County Cork.

The original sentence comprised seven years for rape and three years for indecent assault, ordered consecutively. The appeal court held that the sentence was not unduly severe and, if anything other than correct, was very lenient.