A man who raped and falsely imprisoned a woman after he burgled her west Dublin home was jailed for 14 years by the Central Criminal Court yesterday.
Martin Dunne (46), of Collins Drive, Finglas, Dublin, was given concurrent sentences of 14 years for rape and six years for each count of burglary and false imprisonment for offences committed on August 24th, 2001. He was found guilty last November.
Mr Justice Herbert described Dunne as an "outlaw" who "has total contempt for the law". He had 61 previous convictions for burglary, larceny, firearms offences and assault.
He said Dunne had "imposed the worst burden I have ever seen on any victim".
The victim impact report revealed the woman's life had been "shattered in every way possible".
Dunne claimed he had been set up by what he called "the real perpetrator", his now deceased nephew Glen Dunne, who asked him to break into a woman's house with him and "cut her up". He claimed Glen Dunne was being paid to do this by the woman's former husband.
The victim told the jury she had a "gut feeling" her former husband had arranged for Dunne and his accomplice to carry out the attack. Mr Justice Herbert said, in imposing sentence, that he must disregard this allegation as no evidence had been put before him to support it.