‘Gang rape’ offenders have jail terms cut

Two men who took part in an attempted “predatory gang rape” of a woman in a van with a mattress in the back have had their jail terms cut on appeal.

The two men aged 22 and 24, along with a third man (22) who was ultimately found not guilty on all counts, had denied the rape, attempted rape, oral rape and sexual assault of the woman at an unknown location in Cork on September 13, 2009.

A Central Criminal Court jury unanimously found the 22-year-old guilty of attempted rape, sexual assault and oral rape and the 24-year-old unanimously guilty of attempted rape and sexual assault on November 7, 2012 following a nine-day trial.