Two men lose appeals against convictions for raping 'blind drunk' student

The grounds for appeal were questions about the complainant’s alcohol consumption and allowing her to give evidence via a video link

Boakye Osei, one of the two men found guilty and each sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment in March 2020. Photo: Collins Courts

Two men who raped a “blind drunk” student after offering to give her a lift home from a nightclub have lost their appeals against convictions.

Boakye Osei (32), formerly of Tooban, Burnfoot, Co. Donegal, but now a prisoner at Midlands Prison, and Kelvin Opoku (35), formerly of Glendale Manor, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, but also a prisoner at Midlands, had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the rape of the woman in February 2015.