The man jailed for nine years for raping sister-in-law

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The man was sentenced to nine years, with the final three and a half years suspended, at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 30 July 2018. He was convicted of raping his teenage sister-in-law after a trial and acquitted of two further sexual assault charges. The offence occurred between October 1983 and July 1984, according to the report.

The court heard that the woman was 15 when the rape occurred at the man’s home. Justice Deirdre Murphy described it as a brutal predatory rape and placed it at the upper end of the middle range of seriousness.

The sentence took account of the man’s lack of previous convictions and failing health. His identity was withheld to protect the woman’s anonymity.