Rape victim asks DPP to jail her attacker

A rape victim has said she is devastated by a judge’s decision to let her attacker walk free from court in order to look after his special needs children.

Speaking publicly for the first time, the woman, who was 14 when she was raped by her sister’s then-husband after she babysat for the couple, has called for the DPP to appeal the suspended sentence he received.

“He never showed any remorse. He had four years from when I first went to gardaí and he has never admitted what he did or apologised to me. What he did to me has affected every aspect of my life. It left me with a pain, trauma, loss, and sadness that I continue to feel every day.”