'Age is just a number': rapist who went on the run after plying girl (16) with drink is jailed

A man has been sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his conviction for the rape of a teenager in Roscommon. Nicolas Horvath, aged 28 and formerly of Stonecourt, Roscommon, pleaded guilty to one count of rape on 11 December 2020. The court heard that Horvath and an associate engaged the victim, then aged 16, while she socialised with friends in a park. He plied her…