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21/10/2013
42-Year-Old Jailed For 15 Years For Abduction And Rape
A 42-year-old man has been jailed for 15 years for the abduction and rape of a woman and her four-year-old son.
Michael Murray, formerly of Killiney Oaks, Killiney, Dublin, pleaded not guilty to rape, attempted rape and aggravated sexual assault between 12-13 February 2010 in a Dublin city apartment.
He also denied child abduction, threats to kill or cause serious harm, false imprisonment, stealing a bank card and stealing cash from two ATMs.
However, last July a jury unanimously found him guilty on all charges.
He has now been sentenced to four concurrent 15-year sentences for rape offences, ten years for attempted rape and six-year sentences for child abduction and theft.
It is understood that the victim and her son where lured to an apartment by Murray, who claimed that someone was dying.
Murray threatened to kill the child, before abandoning him in Dublin city centre in the middle of the night.
The woman was bound, gagged and raped repeatedly in an attack that last several hours.
Saying that there was no mitigating factors, or basis to think Murray might be rehabilitated in the future, the judge imposed a minimum term of fifteen years.
(MH/CD)
Michael Murray, formerly of Killiney Oaks, Killiney, Dublin, pleaded not guilty to rape, attempted rape and aggravated sexual assault between 12-13 February 2010 in a Dublin city apartment.
He also denied child abduction, threats to kill or cause serious harm, false imprisonment, stealing a bank card and stealing cash from two ATMs.
However, last July a jury unanimously found him guilty on all charges.
He has now been sentenced to four concurrent 15-year sentences for rape offences, ten years for attempted rape and six-year sentences for child abduction and theft.
It is understood that the victim and her son where lured to an apartment by Murray, who claimed that someone was dying.
Murray threatened to kill the child, before abandoning him in Dublin city centre in the middle of the night.
The woman was bound, gagged and raped repeatedly in an attack that last several hours.
Saying that there was no mitigating factors, or basis to think Murray might be rehabilitated in the future, the judge imposed a minimum term of fifteen years.
(MH/CD)
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