Kerry rapist fails in appeal against 10-year sentence

A Kerry man who raped his former girlfriend and threatened to kill her during a prolonged attack involving “violence of the most gratuitous nature” has failed in an appeal against his 10-year sentence.

The 39-year-old man, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of the victim, was sentenced to 10 years with three years suspended by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court in December last year.