Man gets six years in prison

WOMEN’S rights groups predicts more married women will press charges against their spouses after a man was jailed yesterday for raping his wife.

A 46-year-old labourer from Sligo was jailed by the Central Criminal Court for six years for forcing his wife to have sex against her will in the family home on July 21, 1997.

The Rape Crisis Network Ireland said the sentence would send out a strong message to Irish society that rape within marriage will not be tolerated.