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Rape sentence sends 'message of zero tolerance to perpetrators'

Rape sentence sends 'message of zero tolerance to perpetrators' — Raymond Shorten was given a 17-year sentence on Thursday for the rape of two women on dates in 2022.

Thu, 25 Jul, 2024 - 17:22

Sean Murray, Eimear Dodd and Cormac O'Keeffe

A violent rapist has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, in a judgment activists said sends “a message of zero tolerance to perpetrators”.

Raymond Shorten, 52, of Melrose Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, was given a 17-year sentence on Thursday for the rape of two women on dates in 2022.

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