The man, who was jailed for ten years by a judge at Central Criminal Court, was only the third person to be convicted for marital rape since it was made illegal Colin Keeegan/CollinsA man who raped and assaulted his wife is to appeal against his conviction. The 42-year-old was jailed for ten years in July after being convicted by a jury in the Central Criminal Court. He was only the third person to be convicted for marital rape since it was made illegal in 1990. In June, a jury of eleven men and one woman convicted him of raping his wife in their home in May 2014 and of threatening to cut her face . He was also convicted of threatening to kill the woman the next day over the phone.

Source: The Times November 29, 2016 00:07 UTC