Michael Murray jailed for rape and sexual assault

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Michael Murray was sentenced to 15 years for rape and sexual assault at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 22 October 2013.

Reported on 9 March 2015, Murray claimed the State had accessed and recorded his solicitors’ telephone calls during his trial. The Court of Appeal allowed the DPP’s sentence appeal to proceed, while directing that Murray’s conviction appeal should wait until related judicial review proceedings were resolved.