Rapist's conviction for repeatedly attacking teenage school girl is upheld

A Donegal man's conviction for the repeated rape of a teenage girl has been upheld by the Court of Appeal following a full dismissal of his grounds of challenge on 22 March 2024. The man, now aged 29, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court in January 2020 after a jury unanimously convicted him on four counts of rape committed in July 2016. The offences occurred at two separate…