Former Ros na Rún actor jailed for 'predatory' rape granted legal aid for appeal

He had pleaded not guilty to the offence and had no previous convictions.

A former Ros na Rún actor jailed for a “predatory” and “callous” rape of a young woman to whom he had given a lift home, has been granted legal aid for an appeal.

Garrett Phillips (aged 47) of St Mary's Terrace, Taylor's Hill, Galway, was found guilty by a Central Criminal Court jury of orally raping the then 20-year-old woman on the outskirts of Galway city in the early hours of November 5, 2015.