Martin Sherlock loses appeal against rape conviction

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Martin Sherlock lost his rape-conviction appeal at the Court of Appeal, reported on 31 July 2019. He had been sentenced to five years in prison by the Central Criminal Court on 2 July 2018 for raping a woman at her Dublin home on 14 August 2015. The appeal concerned whether Irish judges must give juries a mandatory warning about an accused person's previous good character. The court dismissed the appeal, finding no authority establishing such a requirement in Ireland. Sherlock had also pleaded guilty to stealing the woman's mobile phone.