Ireland Named in reporting
Aidan Kestell
Born between March 1968 and March 1969, from the ages reported. 5 reports across 1 case, 15 Mar 2024 to 15 Mar 2024
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- Between March 1968 and March 1969, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Rape
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 5 reports, 15 Mar 2024 to 15 Mar 2024
- Outlets
- thejournal.ie, irishtimes.com, dublinlive.ie, rte.ie, irishmirror.ie
Cases
latest first- Man jailed for rape of wife's friend in Dublin park Rape · Co. Dublin
On 6 September 2019, Aidan Kestell, 55, was convicted of raping Paula Doyle, his wife's friend, at Hartstown Park in Dublin 15 after walking her home from a party at his house. Gardaí traced anonymous explicit messages sent to Doyle to a phone owned by Kestell, and he was arrested and interviewed several times. Kestell was found guilty of rape after a four-day trial at the Central Criminal Court in February 2024. On 15 March 2024, Justice Tony Hunt sentenced Kestell to eight years with the final six months suspended, and ordered him to be of good behaviour for three years post-release with no contact with Doyle or her family.
Sentenced, 15 Mar 2024Convicted · 5 reports
Timeline
every report naming Aidan Kestell, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 15 Mar2024Man jailed for seven and a half years for raping his wife's friend in a Dublin parkconvicted, Aidan Kestell, 55, male, named, irish (judged from name)Aidan Kestell
- 15 Mar2024‘I am no longer a victim but a real survivor’: Woman speaks after man jailed for her rape in Dublin parkconvicted, Aidan Kestell, 55, male, named, irish (judged from name)Aidan Kestell
- 15 Mar2024Dublin man jailed for rape of wife's friend in local parkconvicted, Aidan Kestell, 55, male, named, irish (judged from name)Aidan Kestell
- 15 Mar2024'We deserve better', says woman after man jailed for rapeconvicted, Aidan Kestell, 55, male, named, irish (judged from name)Aidan Kestell
- 15 Mar2024Man jailed for rape of wife’s friend in Dublin park’convicted, Aidan Kestell, 55, male, named, irish (judged from name)Aidan Kestell
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