Unnamed man convicted of rape in Cork case

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A man who cannot be named was convicted of rape at the Central Criminal Court, with the verdict reported on 12 May 2017. He had been found guilty by a jury of raping his former partner at their Cork home on 8 September 2013, after pleading guilty to orally raping her and assault causing harm at the same address on 10 July 2013. Mr Justice Paul Coffey was due to sentence him on 19 May.

The man was already serving a sentence for raping another woman. The court also heard submissions on whether his sentence should run consecutively to that term.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.