‘I lost five years of my life waiting for a trial’: Bláthnaid Raleigh describes pain of court delay following rape

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Victim (26) waived right to anonymity to help others in her situation, she told interviewer

‘I lost five years of my life waiting for a trial’: Bláthnaid Raleigh describes pain of court delay following rapeBláthnaid Raleigh, who waived her right to anonymity this week at the sentencing of her rapist Johnny Moran, has told of how people she met on the street inradio, Ms Raleigh also said that she intends to return to education to complete a Masters in childhood education, possibly with an emphasis on social care.

“Then when the verdict came back, I felt like I finally could say, no, this is what happened. I was raped. That’s what happened.” “And he kept saying to me, I think you need to go to the guards. Will you just let me walk you to the guards? Because they’ll find your friends. They’ll get you home. You know, we can’t drive now. So him and this girl walked me to the Garda station in Galway, that morning.

“The reality of it is, I could have gone home and had a shower and changed my clothes, or he could have had time to clean up in the house or get rid of evidence. And I could be looking at a very different situation, you know.”

 

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