Rapist jailed for 15 years

Friday 21st August 2009, 3:01PM BST.

Claude Donnelly

Claude Donnelly

A man convicted of 19 offences, including rape of two teenage girls, has been jailed for 15 years by the Royal Court.

As a result of two Assize trials, Claude Donnelly (69) was found guilty of 13 indecent assaults, five rapes and one of procuring an act of gross indecency. Some of the offences date back to the 1960s. He was acquitted on one charge of indecent assault.

Donnelly was sentenced by the Royal Court this morning

• Full report in Saturday’s Jersey Evening Post


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