A man jailed for raping his wife after she asked a judge not to send him to prison has had his sentence increased by the Court of Appeal. He had denied the charges but accepted the jury's verdict and apologised to his wife in court. A week later she wrote a letter to the sentencing judge saying she had forgiven her husband and didn’t want him to go to jail. Justice Kennedy said the court attached very little weight to the apology made by the defendant following the guilty verdict. However, Justice Kennedy said the court must consider the offence as an attack on society and "not simply a private wrong".

Source: Irish Examiner October 15, 2019 11:15 UTC