Rapist has sentence increased to 19 years

A man jailed for the rape and sexual assault of a woman has had his 15-year prison sentence increased to 19 years, following an appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions. He abducted the woman’s child in the same incident.

Michael Murray, aged 46, formerly of Killiney Oaks, Killiney, in Dublin, was jailed for 15 years for rape, attempted rape, oral rape, and aggravated sexual assault, child abduction, threats to kill or cause serious harm, false imprisonment, and theft, at a Dublin apartment on February 12 and 13, 2010.

The Central Criminal Court heard that Murray lured his victim into an apartment by telling her that an elderly woman was dying inside. He tied her up and assaulted her, before taking her son, 4, away, abandoning him in a city centre square late at night. He returned to the flat, where he drugged and raped his victim.