Man (25) jailed for 6 years following conviction for rape of young Cork woman in 2020
Woman raped by friend in family home says she ‘asked God to take her’ as man jailed for 6 yearsThe woman read her victim impact statement in the Central Criminal Court sentence hearing of the 25-year-old-man, who was on Monday jailed for six years. Photograph: iStockA young Cork woman who woke up to find a friend raping her in her family home has said that in the aftermath of the attack she walked into a church and asked God to take her.
Ms Justice Eileen Creedon said the injured party had been entitled to feel safe in her own environment but had been raped and sexually assaulted by someone she knew in her own home.Rats in Dublin: ‘You can hear them at night, when you’re lying in bed. It really is extremely distressful’ The judge said it was clear these events had an impact on the mental health, as well as the emotional and physical wellbeing of the young woman.
She noted in mitigation he had accepted the jury verdict and expressed remorse. She also took into account his stable family circumstances, character references and good work history.During a sentence hearing last month, the woman outlined in her victim impact statement that there had been a big celebration in her local community after her sports team’s success at a final. She said a lot of people had a lot to drink.
She said she started abusing medication to help her sleep. “I would wake up screaming,” she said before she described incidences of self-harm and trying to kill herself.
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