A Limerick man who took part in the gang-rape of a woman in a Cratloe Woods, Co Clare, last year has been jailed for 21 years at the Central Criminal Court.
Stephen Barry (25) of Roxboro Road in Limerick pleaded guilty to raping and assaulting the victim (35) and the assault and false imprisonment of her male companion on January 23rd, 2004.
Barry, who has 36 previous convictions, was also registered as a sex offender and will be under supervision for ten years after his release.
Imposing sentence, Mr Justice Paul Carney said the only thing he could find in Barry’s favour was his guilty plea.
The four teenagers who also took part in the attack were given jail terms of up to ten years on July 30th last year.
They took turns to rape the woman while her male companion (36) was locked in the boot of a car.