Man loses appeal against rape conviction

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

Thomas O'Regan (aged 32), of O'Neill Place, Killavullen, Mallow, Co Cork, was convicted in 2003 of raping the girl between May 1 and July 1, 1996.