How bad does rape have to be for rapist to get a life sentence?

IT was a week when the true meaning of life sentences became clear.

How bad does rape have to be for rapist to get a life sentence?
Sat, 31 Jan, 2009 - 00:00

For two serial rapists life does not really mean life. The only real life sentences are those their victims are forced to live with.

David Hegarty, a father of one, inflicted a life sentence on three women.

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CourtsCrimePlace: CorkPlace: KildarePlace: Glasnevin, DublinPlace: Wheatfield PrisonPerson: David HegartyPerson: JusticePerson: Paul CarneyPerson: HegartyPerson: Gerard KellyPerson: CarneyPerson: Philip SullivanPerson: SullivanPerson: Paul Anthony McDermottPerson: McDermottOrganisation: Central Criminal CourtOrganisation: Court of Criminal AppealOrganisation: CCAOrganisation: CCA.Organisation: Rape Crisis NetworkOrganisation: Oireachtas
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