Kielan Mooney: Derry soldier jailed for eight and half years for rape

The judge said Kielan Mooney (30) “simply took what he wanted…and had no respect for” the woman’s wishesThe court heard that two women, who have children with Mooney, have contacted the DPP to say he is “not a good person” and “not a good role model”

Kielan Mooney (30) of Bloomfield Park, Derry, was convicted following a trial at the Central Criminal Court last December on a count of anal rape, oral rape and rape of the woman at the Dublin hotel on July 26, 2021.

He had pleaded not guilty to a total of six charges.

The now 24-year-old woman, who is also a serving soldier of the Irish Defence Forces, has indicated that while she is content for Mooney to be named in the reporting of the case, she does not wish to be identified.

Sentencing Mooney today Mr Justice Tony Hunt said Mooney “spurned the consensual offer that was made to him in a selfish, arrogant and forceful way and had no respect for the limits she [the woman] wanted to place on sexual activity”.

“He…