Ireland Named in reporting
Riad Hamzi
Born between March 1973 and March 1974, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 1 case, 24 Mar 2025 to 24 Mar 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- Between March 1973 and March 1974, from the ages reported
- Nationality
- Algerian, as stated in a report
- Offences
- Rape
- Where
- Co. Cork
- Reporting
- 2 reports, 24 Mar 2025 to 24 Mar 2025
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, rte.ie
Cases
latest first- Man sentenced to nine years for rape of wife in Cork Rape · Co. Cork
On 19 August 2020, Riad Hamzi, a 51-year-old Algerian man, punched his then-wife Elena O'Brien twice in the body, raped her, and put his fist in her mouth at their home in Cork after she raised concerns about their marriage and a wish to separate. Hamzi denied the rape, telling gardaí it was consensual sex. A jury at the Central Criminal Court convicted him of a single count of rape in December 2024. In March 2025, Mr Justice Paul Burns sentenced him to nine years, with the final year suspended for three years on strict conditions, backdated to 20 December 2024.
Sentenced, 24 Mar 2025Convicted · 2 reports
Timeline
every report naming Riad Hamzi, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 24 Mar2025‘I was just a possession’: Man jailed for eight years for rape of wife who wanted to separateconvicted, Riad Hamzi, 51, male, Algerian, named, non-irishRiad Hamzi
- 24 Mar2025Man jailed for eight years for rape of wife at Cork homeconvicted, Riad Hamzi, 51, Algerian, named, non-irishRiad Hamzi
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