Judge failed to highlight differences between cases of rape accused, lawyers say

The Court of Appeal heard submissions today in appeals against conviction and sentence brought by two men in their twenties, convicted of rape offences committed at an address in County Leitrim in 2017. The first man had pleaded guilty to rape; his co-accused pleaded not guilty to oral rape of the same woman. Both were convicted by jury at the Central Criminal Court in November 2019 and sentenced to seven years…