Rapist sentenced to 8 years

walshb

Sickening

Man who raped woman with bottle jailed for eight years.

Man who raped woman with bottle after night out in Galway sentenced to nine years in jail. Jonathan Moran

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2024/0701/1457523-jonathan-moran/

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2024/07/01/man-who-raped-woman-with-bottle-after-night-out-in-galway-sentenced-to-nine-years-in-jail/

Kimbot

Sauce?

walshb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325149#Comment_122325149

RTE have detailed story. Can’t copy it

Gusser09

Madness. 20 years would be too little. Should be life.

Kimbot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325152#Comment_122325152

You could still have copied and posted the link at least: https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2024/0701/1457523-jonathan-moran/

walshb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325160#Comment_122325160

I didn’t know how to.. relax

whitelaurel

Sickening case , life or death penalty would have been my judgement. 8 years for rape in this country with zero priors is actually a good result is it? I know it sounds shite.

Jequ0n

I think 8 years is a decent sentence and undoubtedly deserved in this case.

Spanish Eyes

Custodial is good, suspended sentences and character references in mitigation are bad.

The sentences for domestic violence could be reviewed, many are far too lenient when (usually) the woman is battered to within an inch of her life.

Quantum Erasure

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325220#Comment_122325220

Death penalty for rape, what would you give for murder?

extra-ordinary_

This case is really getting pushed extraordinarily, with an interview with the victim on the lunchtime news.

magicbastarder

What's extraordinary about the coverage?

o1s1n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325578#Comment_122325578

Good. The guys face should be known to everyone.

whitelaurel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325567#Comment_122325567

I’d put rape on par with murder really. Both as heinous so , Death penalty. Although Unfortunately there still can be an element of doubt when someone is found guilty so I wouldn’t legalise it anyway.

techdiver

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325622#Comment_122325622

I'm against the death penalty in general but even putting that aside the problem with that line of thinking is if you put rape on the same level of murder (in this scenario death), then you make it more likely that a rape will result in a murder as the rapist has a better chance of getting off by getting rid of the victim. He would have noting to lose as if caught it's death either way.

Water John

The brave woman, again letting her name be made public in order for the defendant to be named and shamed. She's fully entitled to make the choice to be interviewed, if she so wishes.

Kimbot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325578#Comment_122325578

And rightly so, he raped her with multiple objects and denied it only for DNA traces to confirm he was lying.

Ezeoul

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325157#Comment_122325157

8 years is pathetic.

His victim will still be dealing with the aftermath of the rape when he is released.

I'm so tired of hearing of "he came from a good family" in cases like these.

Like that means anything to the victims.

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325567#Comment_122325567

…probably kill them again, just to be sure….

..fill up those jails folks….

at least the judge didnt flake out on this one….

whitelaurel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325656#Comment_122325656

fair enough.

Oscar_Madison

A very violent assault - fair play to the victim and her wider family for their restraint for the last number of years- it can’t have been easy on them

Leg End Reject

He looks like a creep and I can't believe he's only 26.

The poor lady suffered horrendous injuries during the attack but was brave enough to waive her own anonymity so Moran could be identified, I'd say he'll struggle in prison.

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325760#Comment_122325760

….is there an image of a text book creep, or is there some other sort of criteria?

…always a very fcuking strange comment……

Leg End Reject

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325771#Comment_122325771

Strange to you maybe, but the look of him makes my skin crawl. And, yes, I'm certain I'd have said the same if I met him randomly rather than seeing him on the news.

At least you didn't suggest he probably has mental health problems. 🙄

pauly58

Eight years but won't he only serve four with time off for good behaviour ?

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325782#Comment_122325782

yes im looking at him, and have somewhat separated his actions from his looks, and all im seeing is a normal irish face, nothing creepy there….

…a mentally stable person does not commit such actions, yes theres clearly something seriously wrong with him psychologically, and this has probably been evident for some time, maybe year, and the fact hes just been convicted of a serious crime, he most probably is currently experiencing serious mental health issues, this is generally how humans react, this is why its common for such individuals to be placed on suicide watch once entering the prison system….

extra-ordinary_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325583#Comment_122325583

Rapist gets 9 years…that's headline news now?

Jequ0n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325838#Comment_122325838

I agree. This won’t have come out of nowhere all of a sudden.

walshb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325622#Comment_122325622

But not all rapes are the same. There are levels to crimes. There are rape convictions borne out of regret. He said she said type crimes. Sad, but true.

Then there are heinous type rapes where a woman may be stalked, beaten, raped. Home break in.

Maybe for aggravated rapes where forethought, planning, violence and terror are involved you can look at the death penalty. But a blanket death penalty for the crime of rape?

Quitelife

a deserved sentence but there’s a huge amount of violent non sex offences getting away with suspended sentences also …that case in limerick last week of a youth beating a homeless man to pulp and getting a suspended sentence from judge Tom O Donnell was also a disgrace

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325921#Comment_122325921

….not enough jails, currently running at 110% capacity, causing such outcomes, we gotta start building more…..