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Jul 25, 2023 · Niall Kennedy (32) of Standhouse Lawns, Newbridge, Co Kildare, was convicted by a jury in December 2021 at the Central Criminal Court of 12 counts of rape on eleven different occasions in August...
Feb 21, 2022 · Niall Kennedy was convicted by a jury last December of 12 counts of rape on eleven different occasions in August 2017.
Feb 21, 2022 · A former soldier who was convicted of “a cynical and cold campaign of rape” against a woman has been jailed for 10 years and ordered not to contact the woman again. The woman has previously...
A former soldier who was convicted of “a cynical and cold campaign of rape” against a woman has been jailed for ten years. The woman had previously described to the court the effects of a...
- Threats
- Lied to Parents
- 'Wide Margin'
- 'Trying to Protect Herself'
- Abuse of Trust
Mr O'Hanlon said the complainant gave evidence of her dealings with a male friend, whose life she claimed Kennedy had threatened to "destroy". "He told me that he knew [the male friend] was a druggy and that he would destroy his career. I did not know that [the friend] was into drugs and I don't believe that even now," the woman said during the tri...
Mr O'Hanlon said the woman also lied to her parents about the relationship and to her employer about being off sick when she was with the accused. The barrister said that at the time of the alleged harassment, thousands of Watsapp messages had been exchanged between both parties. Between April 2017 to May 2017, 4,716 messages were sent, with the wo...
Mr Justice George Birmingham said the trial judge was "very familiar" with the law on issuing a corroboration warning and there was a "wide margin" afforded to trial judges on whether or not to do so. Mr Justice Edwards said the woman had said she had forgotten about describing her friend as a drug-user and did not accept she lied in that she "stoo...
Mr O'Hanlon said the lack of the warning "doesn't properly address the manner in which a jury should address her evidence. The court ought to have issued a caution alerting the jury to those aspects of the complainant's evidence". Vincent Heneghan SC, for the State, said the woman had explained why she told lies about the relationship. "She was try...
At the trial in February of last year, Mr Justice Paul Burns said the case was characterised by a “more than usual degree of degradation and abuse of trust” of the woman and set a headline sentence of 13 years. He said Kennedy had carried out a “a cynical and cold campaign of rape” against the woman, imposing a sentence of 12 years with the final t...
Feb 21, 2022 · A former soldier who was convicted of “a cynical and cold campaign of rape” against a woman has been jailed for 10 years and ordered not to contact the woman again. The woman has previously...
Feb 11, 2022 · Niall Kennedy (31) of Standhouse Lawns, Newbridge, Co Kildare, was convicted by a jury last December of 12 counts of rape on 11 different occasions in August 2017.
