Randi Gladstone given six extra months for failing to register as sex offender

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Randi Gladstone has been sentenced to six months in prison for failing to notify gardaí that he was a sex offender within seven days, as required by law. The sentence will run consecutively to the 10-year term imposed for rape, sexual assault and false imprisonment, adding six months to his time in custody.

Gladstone pleaded guilty to the registration offence. The court heard that he had 19 previous convictions in the UK, including for rape, kidnapping, robbery and false imprisonment. Mr Justice Paul McDermott said Gladstone had offended within days of arriving in Ireland.