A homeless man who raped a woman sleeping on a park bench in Cork has been jailed for six years by Mr Justice Quirke at the Central Criminal Court.
The 38-year-old victim, also homeless and now living in Limerick, told the court her life had been torn apart by the rape, which occurred on September 8th, 1999.
Michael Mahon (41), of no fixed abode and originally from Co Armagh, expressed remorse minutes before sentencing.