Jury convicts 'low-grade pimp' from Kerry of rape and intimidation of sex worker

Mr Justice Michael White remanded the 26-year-old in custody for sentencing on February 1, 2021.

The jury of six men and six women who were sworn in to hear the case two weeks ago at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork took three hours and 20 minutes to deliver their verdicts on all four counts.

The so-called “low-grade pimp” who denied raping and intimidating a Kerry sex worker was convicted on all charges by the unanimous verdict of a jury.

The jury of six men and six women who were sworn in to hear the case two weeks ago at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork took three hours and 20 minutes to deliver their verdicts on all four counts – two of rape, one of organising prostitution and one of intimidating the complainant.