Ireland Case No. 22787Sexual assault; false imprisonment · Co. Dublin · 10 Mar 2018
Derek Reid jailed for 5½ years for sexual assault and false imprisonment of former partner in Dublin
Derek Reid, 35, of Clonliffe Road, Dublin 3, was sentenced to 5½ years in the Central Criminal Court after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual assault and false imprisonment of his former partner in March 2018. The judge described the offences as an 'atrocious violation' of the victim.
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- Sentenced19 Jan
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- whatDerek Reid, 35, of Clonliffe Road, Dublin 3, was jailed for five-and-a-half years (thejournal.ie)
- whatReid slapped the woman, choked her, headbutted her, dragged her by the hair, and sat on her chest (thejournal.ie)
- whatReid threatened to make her son go missing and said her sister would die screaming (thejournal.ie)
- whatReid forced the woman to give him oral sex, pulling her hair and forcing her head down (thejournal.ie)
- whatThe woman escaped the flat and was dragged back inside by Reid at the security gates of the apartment complex (thejournal.ie)
- whatReid had defecated on the woman's bed and carpet and smashed up the furniture and a TV set (thejournal.ie)
- whatReid forced the woman to pick up her social welfare payment and hand it over to him (thejournal.ie, irishtimes.com)
- whatThe woman had attempted to take her own life (thejournal.ie)
- whatReid's previous convictions include assault of another previous partner who was heavily pregnant (thejournal.ie, irishtimes.com)
- whatReid has been in custody since May 2021 (thejournal.ie)
- whatThe Probation Service assessed Reid as being at a high risk of committing intimate partner violence again (thejournal.ie)
- whatReid slapped the woman in the face, choked and headbutted her, dragged her around her flat by the hair, and sat on her chest with his hands on her mouth. (irishtimes.com)
- whatReid caught up with the woman at the security gates and dragged her back inside the flat. (irishtimes.com)
- whatReid defecated on the woman's bed and carpet and smashed up the furniture and a TV. (irishtimes.com)
- whenThe pair met online in February 2017 but only met in person in mid-February 2018 (thejournal.ie)
- chargeReid pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault committed between 10 and 13 March 2018 (thejournal.ie)
- chargeReid pleaded guilty to false imprisonment of the woman from 15 and 16 March 2018 (thejournal.ie)
- chargeReid pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault committed between March 10th and 13th, 2018. (irishtimes.com)
- chargeReid pleaded guilty to false imprisonment of the woman from March 15th to 16th, 2018. (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceJustice Burns imposed concurrent sentences of six-and-a-half years for the sexual assaults, suspending the final year on conditions (thejournal.ie)
- sentenceA sentence of five-and-a-half years was imposed for the false imprisonment, to run concurrent (thejournal.ie)
- sentenceReid was jailed for 5½ years. (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceThe judge imposed concurrent sentences of 6½ years for the sexual assaults and suspended the final year on conditions. (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceThe judge imposed a sentence of 5½ years for the false imprisonment to run concurrent. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe pair had met online in February 2017 but only met in person a year later. (irishtimes.com)
- otherReid had drunk a pint of vodka at the time of the first sexual assault. (irishtimes.com)
- otherReid had been in custody since May 2021. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe judge described the offences as an atrocious violation of the victim. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe woman told the court she had attempted suicide. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe woman was recovering from drug addiction at the time of the offences. (irishtimes.com)
The reporting
newest first- 19 Jan2023‘An atrocious violation’: Man jailed for repeatedly sexually assaulting former partner
Reports the full sentencing details, the nature of the assaults over six days, the victim's impact statement, and the judge's reasoning.
convicted, Derek Reid, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Derek Reidvictim, female - 19 Jan2023Man who repeatedly sexually assaulted his then-partner jailed for five-and-a-half years
Provides a detailed account of the assaults, the victim's impact statement, the Probation Service risk assessment, and the full sentencing including concurrent terms and suspended conditions.
victim, femaleconvicted, Derek Reid, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Derek Reid