Man pleads guilty to drug-fuelled rape
A Westmeath man who raped a woman in a Longford pub carpark after a heavy drinking bout, combined with taking ecstasy and cannabis, has been jailed for six years by Mr Justice Paul Carney.
Marcus McHugh (aged 23) of Christianstown, Collinstown, Mullingar pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to raping the victim anally, orally and vaginally on November 9, 2007, when he also threatened he would kill her.