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A 26-year-old man who raped a woman with a bottle in a garden shed five years ago has been jailed for eight years.
Jonathan Moran, from Tower View, Mullingar in Co Westmeath, denied what he had done but was found guilty by a jury.
His victim, Bláthnaid Raleigh, waived her anonymity to allow Moran be named in reporting of the case.
Mr Justice Tony Hunt described the crime as appalling and incomprehensible and said the way Ms Raleigh was treated was “unacceptable.”
She had been attending the Galway Arts Festival with a friend on 21 July 2019, when they happened to bump into Moran and other people from their home town.
The rape occurred after Ms Raleigh went back with Moran and some other young people to the rental that he and his friends were staying in that weekend.
He claimed that the sexual activity on the night had been consensual and denied that he used any implement in assaulting Ms Raleigh.
However, DNA was found on three bottles following a forensic examination of the shed.
She was left with extensive physical injuries that required months of treatment in a sexual assault unit.
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