Rapist’s prison sentence reduced by three years after appeal

A man who raped a woman in her apartment after she invited him in for drinks with friends, has had his eight-year jail term cut to five on appeal.

Hungarian national Tamas Vecernyes, aged 29, with a last address in Cork, had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to rape at an apartment in the city on September 9, 2009.

He was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to 11 years in prison with the final three suspended by Mr Justice Paul Carney on November 26, 2012.