Woman raped at house party feels like ‘prisoner’ in her own life since attack

A woman who was raped at a house party has said that she has been made “feel like a prisoner in my own life” since the attack.

The woman delivered her victim impact statement in the sentence hearing of Tadgh Lonergan (28), of Kilsheelan, Clonmel, Tipperary.

Lonergan was convicted following a Central Criminal Court jury last month. He had pleaded not guilty to rape at a house in Tipperary on June 6th, 2021.

His victim wishes to retain her anonymity but indicated she has no objection to Lonergan being named in reporting the case.

The woman took the stand to read her victim impact statement into the record.

“He has made me feel like a prisoner in my own life,” the woman said before she added that she hoped maybe Lonergan would now use his time in custody to reflect on “how selfish he was – how his behaviour was completely unacceptable and how he has destroyed my life”.

“I am determined, that with continued support I will find the old me again,” the woman concluded…

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