Court reserves judgement in rapist appeal

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgment in an appeal brought by man against his conviction and seven-year jail sentence for raping a then 14-year-old babysitter at knifepoint in 1996.

In 2003 Thomas O'Regan (32), of O'Neill Place, Killavullen, Mallow, Co Cork, was convicted of raping the girl, between May 1st and July 1st 1996, after being found guilty by a jury at the Central Criminal Court following a five-day trial.