'I am a survivor of rape,' says Cork woman as her landlord gets seven years

Lorita O’Donoghue said: 'I hope my voice can inspire others and give hope that they can overcome this ordeal too'

Lorita O'Donoghue: 'What happened to me was wrong and was a choice made by someone who had absolutely no right to and I've been paying the price for since.' Picture: Eddie O'Hare

A seven-year jail term was imposed on Friday on a 62-year-old landlord who raped a young woman who was a tenant at the time, as the sentencing judge said that the landlord-tenant relationship between the parties was an aggravating factor in the case.

Lorita O’Donoghue waived her anonymity at the Central Criminal Court where Michael Paul O’Leary of Four Winds, Ballyarthur, Fermoy, County Cork, was sentenced on Friday.