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11 years for man who repeatedly raped wife with household objects
Summary
A 49‑year‑old Dublin man was found guilty by a jury of 11 counts of sexually assaulting his wife, who had been married to him for 20 years, between January 2005 and September 2014. The assaults involved penetrating her vagina with a range of household objects – a knife, a cheese grater, a bottle, a carrot, a banana, a cucumber, a tulip, a wooden spatula, a decanter stopper, part of a shoe and a bicycle pump – while she was unconscious. The abuse was discovered when the wife found images of the assaults on her husband's computer in March 2019. She had reported the abuse to the Gardaí and asked him to leave the family home. The man, who has no prior convictions, maintained that all acts were consensual. Mr Justice Paul Burns sentenced him to 12 years, suspending the final year, and imposed conditions including a course on sexuality and consent upon release.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: 11 years for man who repeatedly raped wife with household objects. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Convicted
When:
- January 2005 Incident
- September 2014 Incident
- March 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2024-01-15 Publication
Why: He told the jury he did this because he was extremely anxious and he "clammed up". CNI source report
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; A man whose wife of 20 years discovered that he had been repeatedly raping her with household objects and recording the attacks while she was unconscious has been jailed for 11 years. Mr Justice Burns handed down a sentence of 12 years and suspended the final year on a number of conditions, including that the man engage in a course on sexuality and consent upon his release from custody.
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