A prisoner serving 20 years for rape and attempted murder is to be sentenced in the Central Criminal Court on Monday next for raping a fellow sex offender in Arbour Hill Prison.
Last month, Anthony Cawley apologised to his victim and asked for individual psychological counselling in prison to safeguard society on his eventual release.
Cawley (31) said he accepted "justice had to be done and seen to be done" by the imposition of a consecutive sentence to run from 2002 when his present sentence expires.
Mr Justice O'Higgins adjourned sentence, saying he wanted to know if suitable treatment was available for Cawley, and if not why not. He was presented with letters from the Department of Justice yesterday on the subject.
This is the first case of "prison rape" to be reported and successfully prosecuted. In February, Cawley, originally from Dun Laoghaire, pleaded guilty to rape of the 27-year-old remand prisoner in Arbour Hill Prison on September 24, 1996.
After his rape ordeal the victim was jailed for four years for raping a woman. The sentence was later appealed on the grounds of leniency by the State and the term was increased to six years.
Garda Adrian Murray, of the Bridewell, told Mr Anthony Sammon SC, prosecuting, that Cawley and the victim were sharing a cell in Arbour Hill on September 21st, 1996.
In a voluntary and full statement after the incident, Cawley said he had threatened the man with a razor blade.
The garda said Cawley threatened to have the man's entire family killed.