In Ireland, a man can actually confess to rape and still serve no time in prison
Yesterday Magnus Meyer Hustveit walked free from court after admitting that he had repeatedly raped his former girlfriend when she was unconscious.
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Yesterday Magnus Meyer Hustveit walked free from court after admitting that he had repeatedly raped his former girlfriend when she was unconscious.
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The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre said it broadly welcomes the re-sentencing of Lyons today.
Lyons had been found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman in Dublin in 2010.
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The Dublin businessman had argued that a combination of cholesterol medicine and alcohol had cause the sex attack.
The sentence was already found to be unjustly lenient but the appeal has had to be re-heard.
The aviation broker had five-and-a-half years of a six year sentence suspended last year after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 27-year-old woman.
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It was announced today that the DPP is to appeal the sentence given to Lyons, who was convicted of sexually attacking a woman in Dublin.
Anthony Lyons had five-and-a-half years of his six-year sentence suspended after being found guilty of sexually attacking a woman in Dublin two years ago.