'I am a fighter,' says girl as man is jailed for raping her when she was 16

The girl remembers being lifted from her tent by the accused and brought to another tent where he raped her

Justice MacGrath imposed a six-and-a-half-year sentence and suspended the final 15 months on conditions.

A man who carried a child that had been sleeping in her tent to another tent where he raped her has been given a six-and-a-half-year sentence.

The man (27), who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, raped the then-16-year-old girl at a party in an isolated rural area. She was woken by being carried out of her tent by the man, who also orally raped her during the incident.