Lee Wainwright sentenced for rape at Tuam hotel

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Lee Wainwright was sentenced to six years, with the final two suspended, at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 27 June 2016. He had pleaded guilty to raping a woman at a Tuam hotel in 2014, after DNA evidence was found on her.

The court heard that Wainwright had escorted the woman to a room after they attended a function. Mr Justice Paul Butler described the offence as being in the lower third of a very serious offence and imposed a substantial custodial sentence.