Defence Forces member sent to prison for rape of fellow soldier

Kielan Mooney 'simply took what he wanted from the encounter and had no respect for her wishes,' the judge said

Kielan Mooney got eight-and-a-half years for one count of anal rape, oral rape and rape of the woman at the Dublin hotel. File photo: Collins Courts

A member of the Irish Defence Forces who “spurned the consensual offer that was made to him in a selfish, arrogant and forceful way” has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years for the rape of a fellow soldier at a Dublin hotel three years ago.

Kielan Mooney (aged 30) of Bloomfield Park, Derry, was convicted following a trial at the Central Criminal Court last December on a count of anal rape, oral rape and rape of the woman at the Dublin hotel on July 26, 2021.