Ireland Crime

Reports the Court of Appeal hearing where the three convicted rapists raised two grounds of appeal: the use of a screen for the complainant and the trial judge's response to a jury question on recklessness versus carelessness. DPP counsel argued both were properly handled. Judgment reserved.

The victim, identified only as Kate, gives an RTÉ interview describing the nightclub encounter, the assault in a car and a house, the court process including CCTV playback and three days of cross-examination, and the circulation of video clips of the assault. All three convicted men have lodged appeals against convictions and sentences.

Victim's account of giving evidence and her reaction to the verdicts and sentences. Adds the sentences of 15 and 13 years, the men's appeals, the courtroom screen and jury vetoes, and that the men filmed her and shared a video in which she can be heard saying no.

Opinion piece on the sentencing of the three men and on their supporters' conduct in court. Adds the sentence length, the judge's remarks, the videos made by the men, and the supporters' behaviour after sentencing.

Provides full sentencing details: specific sentences (16, 16, 14 years with final year suspended), judge's remarks, victim impact statement, evidence including videos and forensic analysis, prior convictions, and post-release probation direction.

Provides full sentencing details: individual sentences, the judge's remarks, the victim's impact statement, forensic and CCTV evidence, video evidence from the men's phones, prior convictions, and post-sentencing reactions in court.

Reports the full sentencing: Hickey 16 years (final year suspended), Vicente 16 years (final year suspended), Zolfaghari 14 years (final year suspended). Includes the judge's remarks, victim impact statement, forensic and CCTV evidence, phone messages, prior convictions, and post-release probation direction.

Reports the sentencing of the three men after jury convictions, with the sentences and the judge's remarks. The article does not give the exact incident date, only August 2019.

Sentencing hearing where the victim read her impact statement; DPP recommends highest category of 15 years to life; case adjourned to 27 March 2025 for sentence; the three men do not accept the jury's verdict.

Adds the woman's victim impact statement, the defence and prosecution sentencing submissions, Justice Burns's remand in custody, and sentencing adjourned to 27 March. The photo caption says the men were 'sentenced today', but the article text says sentence will be imposed later.

Reports the victim impact statement, the convictions of Hickey, Vicente and Zolfaghari, the partial acquittal of Zolfaghari, and that sentencing is set for 27 March.

Reports the jury verdicts on six of seven counts, the individual convictions and acquittal, and the remand in custody pending sentence on March 10.

Full trial summary including prosecution and defence evidence, CCTV, DNA analysis, video clips, WhatsApp messages and the jury's verdicts on six of seven charges.

Reports the jury verdicts, trial evidence including the complainant's testimony about being drugged, WhatsApp messages between the accused, and the judge's direction for a victim impact statement and sentencing on 10 March 2025.

Provides the specific charges each man was convicted of, the jury composition (eight men and four women), 13 hours of deliberation, guilty verdicts on six of seven charges, the judge's comments, the complainant's presence in court, and the men's post-verdict reactions.

Provides the specific verdicts for each defendant (Hickey convicted of rape, oral rape and sexual assault; Vicente convicted of two counts of rape; Zolfaghari convicted of oral rape and acquitted of sexual assault), the jury composition (8 men, 4 women), 13 hours of deliberation, majority verdicts, that the complainant was present in court, and that the judge directed preparation of a victim impact statement.

Reports the jury verdicts: Hickey and Vicente convicted of rape and related charges, Zolfaghari convicted of oral rape and acquitted of sexual assault in a car. Adds the 11-1 majority, the trial length, and sentencing set for 10 March.

Jury deliberations paused for bank holiday weekend after approximately four hours; individual charges for each of the three accused detailed.

Reports that the jury has retired to deliberate and that Mr Justice Burns paused deliberations after approximately one hour, with jurors directed to return the following Thursday.

Details of the third accused's three garda interviews read to the jury, including his account of recording and sharing video clips, his description of the night's events, and forensic examiner's evidence of bruising and the absence of genital injuries.

Reports on the trial hearing of garda interview memos with the second accused, including his detailed account of the night, his denials, video evidence from the third man's phone, toxicology results showing the woman was highly intoxicated, and cross-examination of the investigating garda.

First detailed court report of the trial. The jury heard WhatsApp chat evidence, two video clips, and the first accused's interview memos in which he described the night as a 'normal night' and denied the allegations.

Reports jury evidence in the trial of three men, including the first accused's interview account, WhatsApp exchanges, video clips, and the ages and addresses of the accused. The article does not state the date of the nightclub meeting or any sentence.

Trial evidence on CCTV investigation, complainant's account of possible drugging, and the specific charges against each of the three accused men.

Trial testimony from the complainant's housemate and cross-examination of the complainant by defence counsel for the third accused.

Trial day coverage: housemate testimony, complainant cross-examination, garda witness and taxi driver evidence. The three men deny all charges and say any sexual contact was consensual.

Details of cross-examination of the complainant by defence counsel for the first (aged 39) and second (aged 42) accused men, including discussion of CCTV footage, toxicology showing cocaine, SATU bruising report, and the defence accounts of consensual sex in the car and at the first man's Dublin home.

Complainant's full testimony describing the sequence of events from the nightclub through the alleged drugging, two rapes in a car, a rape in a house, and her subsequent actions including contacting the rape crisis centre and making a complaint at her local Garda station.

Complainant's testimony describing the sequence of events: going to a nightclub with her housemate, believing she was drugged, being raped in a car and at a house, waking the next morning, and reporting to gardai and SATU the same day.

Provides details of the prosecution's opening address including the complainant's fragmented recollection, CCTV showing the woman getting into a car registered to the 42-year-old, a WhatsApp conversation in which the 39-year-old asked the 34-year-old to send video clips, DNA from the woman's underwear matched to the 34- and 39-year-old, and the prosecution's argument that the woman was highly intoxicated and the issue is consent.

Details from the first day of trial: prosecution opening address, CCTV evidence showing the woman entering a car registered to the 42-year-old, WhatsApp video clips between two defendants, DNA evidence from the woman's underwear, and the defendants' statements that the encounters were consensual.