Man gets 20 years for 'vicious and shocking' rapes of two women in two counties on same day

A man who raped two European women who were working as prostitutes in Ireland has been jailed for 20 years after the judge described the crimes as a “vicious and shocking”.

Man gets 20 years for 'vicious and shocking' rapes of two women in two counties on same day

A man who raped two European women who were working as prostitutes in Ireland has been jailed for 20 years after the judge described the crimes as a “vicious and shocking”.

Ms Justice Tara Burns said that Gheorghe Goidan (aged 46), a Romania national, had preyed upon the vulnerability of the two women and had clearly targeted them because he thought they would not be believed.

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