Eight years for man who raped woman as she slept next to her newborn baby and boyfriend

The judge said the probation report said Shaun O'Donnell claimed to have no memory of his offending, but asserted that it was 'not in his nature' to commit any such offence

The judge did not suspend any part of the sentence, noting that O'Donnell declined to take part in victim-focused work and that there was 'no realistic prospect' of encouraging rehabilitation.

A man who raped a woman as she slept in bed beside her boyfriend and her newborn baby has been jailed for eight years.

Shaun O'Donnell (34) was found guilty by a jury of one count of rape and one count of sexual assault at a home in Donegal on March 26, 2021, following a Central Criminal Court trial.