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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 4514Rape · Co. Cork · 16 Feb 2025

Man jailed over rape of 17-year-old near her home in west Cork

Kyle Hayes-Condon, 25, of Clonakilty, Co Cork, was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court in Cork after pleading guilty to rape, sexual assault, assault causing harm and false imprisonment of a 17-year-old girl near her home in west Cork in February 2025. The article gives a six-year term in its opening lines and a seven-year sentence with the last year suspended later on.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In courtnot reported
  5. Verdictnot reported
  6. Sentenced24 Nov
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
13 statements extracted from the articles
  • whereThe attack happened near the victim's home in west Cork. (irishtimes.com)
  • whenThe incident occurred in the early hours of 16 February 2025. (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationHe made full admissions to gardaí. (irishtimes.com)
  • chargeHe pleaded guilty to rape, sexual assault, assault causing harm and false imprisonment of the teenager. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtHe appeared before the Central Criminal Court in Cork for sentencing. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceHe was jailed for six years. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceThe judge jailed him for seven years, suspending the last year of the sentence. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe victim had got a lift home from a party before the attack. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe offender had taken a large amount of cocaine on the night of the attack. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherHe grabbed the victim from behind and dragged her onto a grassy area. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe victim recorded his voice on a Snapchat message during the incident. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe judge accepted the guilty plea and immediate acceptance of wrongdoing as mitigating factors. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherHe wrote a letter of apology to the victim. (irishtimes.com)

The reporting

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  1. 24 Nov2025
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, first report
    Man who raped girl (17) as she walked home is jailed for six years

    Sentencing report. The headline and opening say jailed for six years; the sentencing paragraph says seven years with the last year suspended.

    convicted, Kyle Hayes-Condon, 25, male, named, irish (judged from name)Kyle Hayes-Condonvictim, 17, female