Six years for Wexford man who felt it is not possible to rape wife

A Wexford man convicted of raping his spouse has been jailed for six years at the Central Criminal Court.

The 53-year-old, who cannot be named to protect the victim’s anonymity, told gardaí that he did not think it was possible for a husband to rape his wife.

The man had pleaded not guilty to rape and false imprisonment of his wife at her home in Co Wexford in October 2011.