‘Predator’ broke in and raped sleeping woman

Vile brute Nepali, 24, is caged for 9 years over sick assault

A “PREDATOR” who broke into a house “in the dead of night” and raped a woman as she slept has been jailed for nine years.

Kamal Kumar Nepali, 24, of Beech Park, Ballincollig, Co Cork, appeared before Mr Justice Michael Macgrath in the Central Criminal Court yesterday.

He was found guilty following a trial of one count of rape, one count of burglary, one count of assault causing harm, one count of sexual assault and four counts of trespass in Cork on March 1, 2022.

He had denied the charges. Imposing sentence, Mr Justice Macgrath described the rape as a “terrifying experience” and “predatory in nature”.

The judge also noted the harm and trauma that the incident caused her.

Mr Justice Macgrath said aggravating factors included that the rape involved physical violence, that it occurred in the circumstances of a burglary and that it violated the safety and security of the victim’s own home.

He said the mitigating factors included that Nepali has no previous convictions.

He took into account character references from family and co-workers. Judge Macgrath also noted: “He is also a young man whose reputation and standing in the community is likely to be diminished, albeit of his own making.”

In a victim impact statement read on her behalf, the woman said: “I became a shell of a person I once was, unable to speak or process the events that occurred.”

The judge sentenced Nepali to 10 years, but suspended the final year, backdated to when he entered custody in June 2022.

I became a shell of a person I once was

VICTIM IN IMPACT STATEMENT TO COURT