Man (33) jailed for rape of Irish student on Spain’s Costa Blanca

The attacker was handed a four-year jail sentence after being convicted of rape and a separate one-year prison term on a drugs charge

Costa Blanca. Stock image

Gerard Couzens

A man has been jailed for five years after being convicted of raping an Irish student on Spain’s Costa Blanca.

The 33-year-old went on trial last month for forcing himself on the woman, who was in Alicante on a study programme.