A Limerick man who intervened to stop a woman being harassed and then raped her has been sentenced to 14 years.
Timmy Tobin (29) from Hogan Avenue, Kileely, had pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to four counts of rape and anal rape against the woman, a foreign national, on August 14th, 2009, in a wooded area in Limerick city.
He has six previous convictions including a seven-year sentence for aggravated burglary and a five-year sentence for a serious assault.
Sentencing him today, Mr Justice Barry White said: “You subjected your victim to a most horrific ordeal over a period of one to one and a half hours. You physically assaulted her, forced oral sex on her, raped her and then anally raped her. You forced her to wash herself in a stream for purposes of eliminating any trace of evidence and then made good your escape.”
He said the effects the incident had on his victim and his list of previous “substantial” offences meant a term of 14 years was deserved.
However he took into account his remorse and that he handed himself into gardai hours after the offence and suspended the final five years on strict conditions for five years.
He also ordered Tobin be added to the sex offenders register.