Corkman who raped partner's 'semi-comatose' teenage niece jailed

The victim said she had spent a long three years trying to heal only to have to come to court and tell her story again.

Mr Justice Owens imposed a sentence of seven years' imprisonment and ordered four years post release supervision.

A Corkman who raped his partner's “semi-comatose” teenage niece when she was sleeping over at their home after a night out has been jailed for seven years.

The 27-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the victim's identity, was convicted of raping the 17-year-old girl at his Co. Cork home on August 27, 2017, by a jury following a trial at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork last year. He has no previous convictions.