Rapist back in jail after failing to quit alcohol

A convicted rapist who is at high risk of re-offending has been sent back to jail for five years for not complying with the conditions of his release.

John English, aged 35, from Streamhill in Dillons Cross, Cork, has previous convictions for rape, false imprisonment and sexual assault dating back to 1993, when he was in his mid- teens.

In 2004 he was jailed for 13 years for raping an Australian tourist after meeting her in a bar in Cork. The Court of Criminal Appeal later backdated the sentence to 2002, effectively reducing it by two years.