A convicted arsonist who tied a belt around a woman’s neck and threatened to kill her during a violent rape lasting over two hours has today failed in an appeal against the severity of his seven-year sentence.

A Dublin father of three who later prayed for a woman he had violently raped having just met her that night at a house party has been sentenced to seven years at the Central Criminal Court.

A Dublin father-of-three who violently raped a woman he had just met that night at a house party has been remanded in custody pending sentence at the Central Criminal Court.