Rape victim: I have to take ownership of my own life

A woman who was repeatedly raped by her boyfriend while she slept says she has refused to let him destroy her life.

Niamh Ní Dhomhnaill said the ordeal at the hands of her Norwegian ex-boyfriend, Magnus Meyer Hustveit, had taught her the “power of love and the power of trusting in people”.

Ms Ní Dhomhnaill said: “I have let new people into my life. In the middle of all this I was able — although it was very difficult — to start a new relationship. I remember making a choice that I can’t let the actions of one person mar every other experience I have from here on out. I have to take ownership over this, I have to take responsibility and not become someone who is suspicious and does not talk to new people and thinks that everyone is out to get them.