Galway rape 'one of the worst of its type', says judge

A 25-year-old man who “befriended” a woman separated from her friends during a hen party in Galway city before repeatedly raping and beating her in his flat has today been given a 12-year jail sentence.

Louis Sheils formerly of Clifton Crescent, Newcastle, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to rape, oral rape and false imprisonment of the girl at his rented accommodation on June 5, 2011.