Tipperary Man Receives 10 Year Jail Sentence For Rape.

A Tipperary man has been jailed for 10 years, with a one-year post-release supervision order, for the rape of a female acquaintance whom he had collected from hospital, in the early hours of the morning.

The victim had been out socialising on the night in question and had fallen, before being conveyed to hospital by ambulance for observation.

Mr Padraic Troy, aged 29 years, of Golden Gardens, Dundrum Co. Tipperary, was convicted following a trial at the Central Criminal Court, of two counts of rape, anal rape and two sexual assaults of the woman back in 2021.

While at the hospital, the victim had telephoned several people, including contacting Mr Troy, seeking assistance. Mr Troy had arrived at the hospital after 3:00am, and she had accepted transport in his company and in the company of another male.

The first sexual assault by Mr Troy occurred while in the car. It was there that he began kissing her, leaving the victim feeling disgusted, while she impressed on him her willingness only to return home.
On returning home the victim was assisted inside. The second male left, leaving her on her own with Mr Troy, who then raped her, anally raped and sexually assaulted her in her bedroom.

On the following day, the victim reported on what had happened to the Gardaí, before being examined at a Sexual Assault Treatment Unit. A DNA profile matching Mr Troy was identified from her under garments.

Mr Troy, when interviewed later by Gardaí, claimed he had been involved in consensual sex only with the victim.

Passing sentence, Ms Justice Melanie Greally stated that the multiplicity of distinct violations and the degree of physical force used; the victims vulnerability at the time of the incident and the overall impact on the victim were among the most aggravating of the factors in the case.

Mr Troy already had 20 previous convictions; these included theft, public order offences, assault and road traffic offences.

The court also heard that the victim wished for Mr Troy to be publicly named, while the victim herself, wished to maintain her anonymity.

Ms Justice Greally wished the victim well for the future and expressed the court’s hope that her continued recovery, from this experience, would endure.