Albanian refugee jailed over rape offence

An Albanian refugee has been jailed for eight years by Mr Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill at the Central Criminal Court for raping a Dublin woman.

Astrit Berisha (38), oroginally from a rural town in Kosovo, with an Irish address at Summerhill Parade, Dublin 1 was convicted by a jury on February 11 2003 of four counts of rape, one count of aggravated sexual assault and one of sexual assaulting a woman on August 28 and 29, 2000.