Rapist who beat pregnant wife says screen at trial created idea to jury he was 'man to be feared'

The man was found guilty of 16 sample charges of anal rape of his wife and had admitted indecently assaulting his younger sister eight times and raping her three times

He was found guilty by a jury of the rapes of his wife and sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment in March 2020 by Mr Justice Paul McDermott at the Central Criminal Court. File picture

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A man who repeatedly raped his wife and attacked her with a baseball bat and scaffolding pole while she was pregnant has appealed his conviction, arguing that a screen that separated him from his victim at trial could have created a prejudicial opinion that he was "a man to be feared".