Man jailed for 10 years for raping former sexual partner

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The Central Criminal Court sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for raping a former sexual partner outside her County Galway home in July 2014. The sentence was backdated to May 2016, and the court ordered three years of post-release supervision. The man, who cannot be named to protect the woman’s identity, had been convicted by a jury of rape and acquitted of burglary.

The judge said the man had entered the home by force and condemned his assumption that a previous sexual relationship entitled him to enter whenever he wished. The court heard that the woman’s daughter called gardaí from a bedroom while the woman went to seek help.