Unnamed Cork man jailed for eight years for rape

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An unnamed Cork man was jailed for eight years for raping his cousin at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 27 October 2023; the assaults took place at their grandmother’s home in Cork.

The court imposed four years for the first rape and a concurrent eight-year term for the second, with no part suspended, and ordered three years of post-release supervision.

The man was 13 at the time of the first offence and 19 at the second. The judge considered his age, maturity, lack of previous convictions and neurological diagnoses when sentencing him.

The offences followed a trial at the Central Criminal Court. The report says he had pleaded not guilty to both counts and continued to maintain his innocence.