The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed the DPP's appeal against the leniency of the two-year prison sentence imposed on a Waterford businessman for the rape of a woman he hired through a Cork-based escort agency.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgment in an appeal brought by a Waterford businessman against his conviction for the rape of a woman he had met at a hotel through a Cork-based escort agency.

A Waterford businessman who raped a Croatian prostitute in a local upmarket hotel after hiring her by phone through a Cork-based escorts agency has been given a five years sentence by Mr Justice Barry White.

A Croatian prostitute who was raped by a Waterford businessman has claimed that she has been approached by two Albanian men in her home country who offered her money to withdraw her evidence.

A Waterford businessman has been convicted of raping a Croatian prostitute in a local upmarket hotel after he hired her by phone through a Cork based escorts agency.