Jailed rapist to pay €40k to victim

Five years in prison as ex-partner suffers nightmares reliving ordeal.

A man who raped his former partner so violently that she bled heavily has been jailed for five years and ordered to pay €40,000 in compensation.

Imposing the sentence in the Central Criminal Court, Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy said people could not be permitted to buy themselves out of trouble and that the offer of compensation was only a marginal factor in the sentence.