A former Ros Na Rún actor will be sentenced later for orally raping a young woman who fell asleep in his van as he gave her a lift home. A former Ros Na Rún actor will be sentenced later for orally raping a young woman who fell asleep in his van as he gave her a lift home. Reading from her victim impact statement, the woman said she had been very social and doing well in her studies before the attack. The woman took the lift, and on the way Phillips asked her if she had ever seen an overview of the city lights. Today defence counsel Barry White SC submitted that Phillips wished to “unreservedly apologise for his behaviour”.

Source: Irish Independent May 14, 2018 12:23 UTC