Man guilty of raping former partner

A Cork man has been found guilty of raping his former partner two months after he sexually assaulted her and then beat her up in front of their crying toddler.

The 30-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty to raping his former partner at their Cork City home on September 8, 2013.

He pleaded guilty in the Central Criminal Court to one count of sexually assaulting her by forcing her to give him oral sex and to assault causing harm at the same address on July 10, 2013.