Ireland Named in reporting
Iosif Ghergut
Born between October 1974 and October 1975, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 1 case, 17 Oct 2025 to 17 Oct 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- Between October 1974 and October 1975, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Oral rape and sexual assault
- Where
- Co. Galway
- Reporting
- 2 reports, 17 Oct 2025 to 17 Oct 2025
- Outlets
- galwaybeo.ie, irishmirror.ie
Cases
latest first- Man sentenced for oral rape and sexual assault in Galway Oral rape and sexual assault · Co. Galway
On 10 October 2021 at approximately 4am, Iosif Ghergut (50), a man, orally raped and sexually assaulted Jade MacFarlane (23), a woman, at his home on Headford Road, Galway, on the night of his daughter's birthday. The victim was Ghergut's daughter's friend and they had been out socialising before returning to the house. Ghergut was arrested but was unfit to be questioned at the time; DNA swabs from the victim's cheek and a piece of jewellery matched his DNA. He pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to one count of oral rape and one count of sexual assault. On 16 October 2025, Ms Justice Karen O'Connor sentenced him to five years and two months, with the last six months suspended and 12 months' probation supervision post-release.
Sentenced, 17 Oct 2025Convicted · 2 reports
Timeline
every report naming Iosif Ghergut, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 17 Oct2025Man jailed for raping child's friend after Galway house birthday partyconvicted, Iosif Ghergut, 50, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Iosif Ghergut
- 17 Oct2025Man jailed for raping daughter's friend after birthday celebrationsconvicted, Iosif Ghergut, 50, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Iosif Ghergut
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