Raymond Shorten will spend a total of 30 years in jail for his sexual offending against a young girl and two passengers in his taxi

Mr Justice Naidoo said the victim impact statement described the “deep and abiding damage” caused to the injured party.

Shorten, of Melrose Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, was convicted of two counts of rape and one of anal rape by a jury at the Central Criminal Court last month.