Vile beast, 31, who held woman down as friend raped her will be free to roam Irish streets as 16 sex offenders released

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The Irish Sun can reveal Keith Aherne, 31, from Cork, is one of 16 sex offenders who will be back on the streets.

Keith Aherne received a nine-year jail term in 2017 for his role in a horrific attack

An unemployed Cork man who held a woman down while another man raped her has been jailed for nine years.

Keith Aherne (23) was convicted last March at the Central Criminal Court of raping the woman in a park in Cork city on June 28, 2013. He had denied the charge.

Another man, aged 22, pleaded guilty last March to raping the woman. He died before his sentence hearing earlier this month.

Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy said that Aherne aided and abetted the commission of the offence and was liable as a principal offender. She said that rape is an attack on the bodily and psychological integrity of a woman.

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