Unnamed 29-year-old jailed for rape after retrial

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The unnamed 29-year-old man was jailed for rape at the Central Criminal Court on 15 November 2024, receiving a seven-year sentence with the final three-and-a-half years suspended.

The jury had convicted him of raping his friend at her home on 7 November 2018, after an earlier conviction was overturned and a retrial ordered.

The judge said the offence had a traumatic effect on the woman and that the retrial required her to give evidence twice. The court took his time in custody into account and imposed treatment and probation conditions during the suspended part of the sentence.