Peter Halligan jailed six years for rape and oral rape

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Peter Halligan was sentenced to eight years, with two years suspended, for rape and oral rape at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 14 March 2017. He was jailed for six years after a jury convicted him on both counts.

The offences occurred at a riverbank in Waterford City on 24 July 2014. Halligan had pleaded not guilty to the charges.