Rapist freed in a suspended sentence sent back to prison

A CONVICTED rapist has been jailed for another six years after he went on to commit further offences while on a suspended sentence.

Niall Healy, 42, was sentenced to 20 years in prison with ten years suspended in 2006 after he was convicted of aggravated sex assault and falsely imprisoning a woman he offered to drive home.

He had also been convicted of rape in June 1993 for which he received a 12-year jail term, half of which was suspended.

Judge Patrick McCarthy activated the ten-year suspended prison sentence handed down in 2006.

He imposed a six-year sentence on Healy, who was last living at St Bricin’s Military Hospital in Dublin, with the remaining four years suspended. Taking into account a two-year sentence he served for robbery, the judge backdated the sentence to June 1, 2015.

The Central Criminal Court in Dublin heard within a short period of time of his release in January 2014, he began committing offences. Judge McCarthy said Healy relapsed into drug abuse after he had no stable environment.

He referred to a psychologist’s report which placed a heavy emphasis on Healy’s ‘extremely dysfunctional’ background and said every aspect of his difficult life was addressed in the report, which also referenced the opportunities given to him in his lengthy suspended sentence to ensure he would not re-offend.

Judge McCarthy ordered Healy to undergo drug treatment, anger management, educational and any other prescribed courses.