Woman and partner remain jailed after rape appeal

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The unnamed woman and her partner remain jailed after the Court of Appeal upheld their rape convictions on 14 June 2024; they had received a combined 33-year sentence.

The convictions concerned rape and sexual abuse of the woman’s daughter, aged five, and son, aged three and a half, at two locations in Connacht.

The court rejected all grounds pursued at the appeal hearing, including challenges to delay, recorded interviews and the children’s competence as witnesses.

The judgment called the eight-year investigation-to-trial delay shocking and urged authorities to handle child sex cases more quickly.