‘A boy has got to do what a boy has got to do’: Limerick rapist told teenage victim

The accused with an address in Corbally was jailed at the Central Criminal Court for raping a girl

Central Criminal Court

12 May 2025 2:53:

A LIMERICK man who raped a teenager and told her “a boy has got to do what a boy has got to do when he is horny” has been jailed for seven years.

Damien Long, aged 26, pinned down the then 17-year-old girl and raped her after she said she didn’t want to have sex with him.

She struggled with him and he told her: “I love it when you squirm.”Long squeezed the girl’s hands while he continued to rape her and told her: “I love watching you go through pain.” When she begged him to stop, he replied: “I will not stop because I am enjoying it.”

After the rape the girl went into the bathroom and was crying. Long followed her in and asked why she was crying.

When she replied that she was crying because of what he had done, Long said: “A boy has to do what a boy has got to do when he is horny.”The court heard that Long then locked the teenager in his bedroom where the rape had occurred and went for a drive with a friend. She left his home when he returned and opened the locked door.