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Case No. 6793Rape · Co. Cork · 11 Feb 2019

Cork man sentenced over 2019 rape of college acquaintance

On 11 February 2019 a man raped an 18-year-old woman, a college acquaintance, in her apartment in Cork. The woman made a statement to gardaí after being taken to a sexual assault treatment unit, and when arrested in June 2019 the man denied raping her. After a Central Criminal Court trial in Cork in November 2023, a jury found the now 25-year-old man guilty of one count of anal rape. On 12 January 2024 Mr Justice Paul Burns sentenced him to five and a half years, with the final year suspended on conditions including a course on sexual consent, and the jail term was backdated to December when he was taken into custody.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In courtnot reported
  5. Verdictnot reported
  6. Sentenced12 Jan
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Key facts

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What happened
A man raped a woman who was 18 at the time and an acquaintance from college.
Where
The rape took place in the woman's apartment in County Cork.
When
The offence took place on 11 February 2019.
Investigation
  • The woman made a statement to gardaí after being taken to a sexual assault treatment unit.
  • When arrested in June 2019, the man denied raping the woman.
In court
After a Central Criminal Court trial in Cork in November 2023, a jury found the man guilty of one count of anal rape.
Sentence
  • The man, now 25, was sentenced to five and a half years, with the final year suspended on conditions.
  • One suspension condition is that the man complete a course on sexual consent within two months of his release.
  • The four-and-a-half-year jail term was backdated to December, when the man was taken into custody.
Other details
  • According to the key facts, the man also filmed the woman on his mobile phone.
  • The judge said he wondered whether more needs to be done in schools on consent and pornography.
10 statements extracted from the articles
  • whereThe rape took place in the woman's apartment. (irishtimes.com)
  • whenThe offence took place on 11 February 2019. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationThe woman made a statement to gardaí after being taken to a sexual assault treatment unit. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationWhen arrested in June 2019, the man denied raping the woman. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe man was found guilty by a jury of one count of anal rape after a trial at the Central Criminal Court in Cork. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceThe man was given a 5½-year sentence with the final year suspended on conditions. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceOne suspended-sentence condition is that the man undertake a course on sexual consent within two months of his release. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceThe four-and-a-half year jail term was backdated to December when the man was taken into custody. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe man was a young man who raped an acquaintance from college. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe man also filmed the woman on his mobile phone. (irishtimes.com)

The reporting

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  1. 12 Jan2024
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, first report
    Judge asks if more education on consent and pornography needed as he jails man for rape

    Reports the sentencing of a man convicted of anally raping a woman in her apartment in 2019. The judge questioned whether more education on consent and pornography is needed, and the backdated jail term and suspended year are reported.

    victim, 18, femaleconvicted, 25, male