The Supreme Court, in a significant judgment concerning sentencing in rape cases, particularly for marital rape involving a pattern of violent and abusive behaviour, has said all those events, not just one in isolation, must be considered to arrive at a “just result”.
Some cases would require up to life imprisonment and particular emphasis would be placed on the harm rape does to the victim. On May 25th, 2014, during a row in the kitchen, the husband produced a knife, threatened his wife he would “cut open” her face, ordered her upstairs and raped her. He told her during the night, if she rang gardaí, they would not arrive in time to save her.
The COA upheld the conviction but reduced the headline rape sentence to 12 years, less two for mitigation and 18 months for suspension, making the overall sentence eight years and six months.
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