Latvian man convicted of rape of fellow national
A Latvian man who was convicted of raping a fellow national in a Dublin laneway over two years ago has been given a seven-year sentence by the Central Criminal Court.
Janis Esmits (aged 31), formerly of Kilkiernan Road, Cabra Dublin 7, had pleaded not guilty to raping and threatening to kill the woman at Fishamble Street on November 10, 2007.