'Low-grade pimp' jailed for raping and intimidating Kerry sex worker

Judge says 'I salute her unique courage' of young woman as he jails her rapist for 11 years

'The rapes were savage, callous and cruel,' said Mr Justice Michael White. 'He broke her and made her feel worthless.'

A so-called low-grade pimp who denied raping and intimidating a Kerry sex worker was jailed for 11 years as the sentencing judge said it was chilling to see his calculated and menacing coercion of a vulnerable young woman.

The 34-year-old victim said she cannot stop thinking about the day she was raped by Emmett O’Connor, 28, of Shronemore, Rathmore, Co Kerry, and feels like she is caught in the repetition of a Groundhog Day.