Michael Murray jailed for threats to kill and harassment

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Michael Murray was jailed for 16 years for threats to kill and harassment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 29 July 2021.

The threats targeted the barristers who prosecuted him for rape, and he also harassed the woman he had been convicted of raping by posting her name and phone number in an online advert offering her as a prostitute.

The sentence comprised nine years for threatening to kill Dominic McGinn and seven years for harassing the woman; the terms were consecutive and were to run from the end of his original sentence in 2024.

Judge Karen O'Connor described the conduct as a deliberate abuse of proceedings and said the harassment subjected the woman to further victimisation.