Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted, victim

Born

Between August 1996 and July 1997, from the ages reported

Offences

Rape, Assault causing harm; production of a kitchen knife

Where

Co. Cork, Co. Clare

Reporting

2 reports, 3 Aug 2022 to 31 Jul 2024

Outlets

irishtimes.com, clareecho.ie

Photographs

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• Man jailed for six years for rape in Cork city laneway Rape · Co. Cork

  On 28 August 2019 a woman was raped in a laneway in Cork city in broad daylight. The accused, Wayne Higgins, is a 27-year-old man of no fixed abode who had been drinking with her earlier that day. Gardaí found documentation bearing his name nearby, DNA matching him was found on examination of the woman, and he was arrested and denied any sexual interaction with her. Higgins pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to one count of rape, and on 31 July 2024 Mr Justice Paul Burns jailed him for six years, with the final year of a seven-year sentence suspended for three years on conditions.

  Sentenced, 31 Jul 2024Convicted · 1 report
• Man sentenced for face slash with kitchen knife in Ennis Assault causing harm; production of a kitchen knife · Co. Clare

  On the night of 10 February 2019, William McDonagh, a 31-year-old man, slashed Wayne Higgins, a 25-year-old man, across the face with a kitchen knife at the Laurel Lodge homeless hostel in Ennis, County Clare. Higgins was left with a 20cm wound requiring 14 stitches, nerve damage, and a deep scar near his left eye. McDonagh pleaded not guilty to assault causing harm and the production of a kitchen knife. A jury at Ennis Circuit Court convicted him of both offences in October 2021. In August 2022, Judge Brian O'Callaghan imposed a suspended three-year sentence on condition McDonagh pays €20,000 compensation to Higgins.

  Sentenced, 3 Aug 2022Victim · 1 report

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 31 Jul2024
   Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Man jailed for six years for rape in Cork city laneway

   Man who raped woman in laneway continued attack after gardaí were called

   convicted, Wayne Higgins, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Wayne Higgins♂27IE
2. 3 Aug2022
   Sentencedclareecho.ie, in Man sentenced for face slash with kitchen knife in Ennis

   Ennis man walks free from court after agreeing to pay €20,000 to 'slash' victim - Clare Echo

   victim, Wayne Higgins, 25, male, irish (judged from name)Wayne Higgins♂25IE

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