Man sentenced for '16th birthday present' of rape

A Mayo man who raped a neighbour on her 16th birthday as he brought her home from a disco has been given a 10-year sentence by Mr Justice Barry White at the Central Criminal Court today.

Michael Allen (aged 29), a father of three with an address at St Gerald's Crescent, Ballyhaunis told the victim "this can be your birthday present" when he raped her on July 21, 2005.