A Kerry man who twice raped a 73-year-old woman after breaking into her home and leaving her “waiting for death” has been jailed for 13 years.

A Kerry man who twice raped a 74-year-old woman after breaking into her home left “the victim sobbing uncontrollably like a small child, broken, terrorised and waiting for death”.

A 22-year-old man has appeared before a special sitting of Killorglin District Court charged in relation to a sexual assault on a 73-year-old woman.