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	Serial sex offenders could face tougher jail sentences under new legislation being brought before the D&aacute;il.</p>
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	Independent Alliance TD Kevin &#39;Boxer&#39; Moran has introduced a Bill which seeks to ensure that a sex offender who has a previous conviction for a similar crime must serve at least three-quarters of the maximum sentence for the second offence.</p>
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	Mr Moran began work on the Bill after meeting rape victim Debbie Cole, who joined him at yesterday&#39;s launch.</p>
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	Ms Cole was raped at the age of 19 and her attacker was jailed for six years.</p>
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	&quot;However, he went on to sexually assault three more women in 1997 and was once more jailed again in 2015 for a period of eight years on charges of false imprisonment, assault and making threats to kill a woman,&quot; Mr Moran said.</p>
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	&quot;These offences compounded the original victim&#39;s psychological harm and seriously affected her well-being, which continues to this day.&quot;</p>
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	(Published by the Irish Independent on the 1st June 2017)</p>
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	<a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/serial-sex-offenders-face-tougher-sentences-under-new-bill-35776783.html">http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/serial-sex-offenders-face-tougher-sentences-under-new-bill-35776783.html</a></p>
