Case No. 2419Rape, anal rape, making threats to kill or cause serious harm · Co. Kerry · 14 Mar 2024
Edmund O'Sullivan jailed for 15 years for raping woman in Tralee
Edmund O'Sullivan, 32, was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment with an eight-year post-release supervision order at the Central Criminal Court after pleading guilty to rape, anal rape and making threats to kill or cause serious harm to a woman at her apartment in Tralee, Co Kerry, on 14 March 2024, after climbing in her bedroom window. He had been released from prison just 10 days before the attack.
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- Sentenced4 Feb
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Key facts
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- whatO'Sullivan raped, stabbed and beat a stranger after climbing in her bedroom window as she slept (irishtimes.com)
- whatO'Sullivan has 108 previous convictions, four of which are for assaults on women (irishtimes.com)
- whatO'Sullivan was sleeping rough in Tralee at the time of the incident (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe victim awoke to find a scissors at her neck and a man shouting at her to have sex (irishtimes.com)
- whereThe incident took place at a woman's apartment in Tralee, Co Kerry (irishtimes.com)
The reporting
newest first- 4 Feb2025‘A danger to society’: Man jailed for 15 years for raping woman after climbing in bedroom window
Sentencing details including headline sentence of 23 years reduced to 16 years with one year suspended, eight-year post-release supervision order, victim impact statement, and O'Sullivan's 108 previous convictions and recent release from a 2022 stabbing sentence.
victim, femaleconvicted, 32, male, irish (judged from name)