Raymond Shorten jailed for 30 years for rape

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Raymond Shorten was sentenced to a total of 30 years at the Central Criminal Court for rape, with 13 years imposed on 22 July 2024 and a consecutive 17 years on 25 July 2024.

The first term followed convictions for raping a girl twice when she was seven or eight and sexually assaulting her. The offences included two rape counts and one sexual assault count.

Mr Justice Paul McDermott then imposed the consecutive term for raping two young women in 2022. The later sentence brought Shorten’s total term for sexual offending to 30 years.