Clare gang rape ringleader on bail at time of crime

A 16-year-old youth was on bail for charges of aggravated burglary and threatening to kill a garda when he led a brutal gang rape in Co Clare, a court has heard.

Thomas O'Neill, Lenihan Avenue, Limerick, was jailed for 10 years at the Central Criminal Court last July after the court heard he acted as gangleader in the horrific repeated rape of a 35-year-old woman in Cratloe Co Clare in January of last year.