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.

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.