Adam Keane gets away with rape
Well, he might as well have.
Yesterday, Adam Keane, a bricklayer from Barnageeha, Daragh in Clare was convicted of raping Mary Shannon yet was only given a 3 year suspended sentence. 20 year old Keane was convicted at the Central Criminal Court.
His defence relied on the fact that he was drunk and on ecstasy at the time of the crime so apparently that makes it ok. I am disgusted! How can they say just because someone is drunk and on drugs that he shouldn’t go straight to prison for an act like this.
Mary Shannon today went public, waiving her right for anonymity to plead with the Director of Public Prosecutions to appeal the three-year suspended sentence handed down to Keane. She has also been appearing in live interviews on the news throughout the day. I have to admire her courage and I can only hope her misfortune leads to more severe sentencing for crimes such as this.