Limerick man loses appeal against rape sentence

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A man who cannot be named lost his appeal against an 18-year prison sentence for rape at the Court of Appeal on 5 April 2019. The offences occurred at a house in County Limerick on 10 September 2016. The court held that the sentence was proportionate and contained no error in principle. He had pleaded guilty to six counts of rape at the Central Criminal Court, 10 days before his trial was due to begin. The original sentence followed a break-in and prolonged sexual violence against his former partner and her teenage foster daughter.