Man appeals conviction for rape at 18th birthday party on grounds that scene was not examined Reporter: '); A 32-year-old Clare man has appealed against his conviction for raping a schoolgirl at his sister’s 18th birthday party more than five years ago, arguing that Gardaí failed to examine the scene. Richard O’Mara (31), with an address at Walnut Avenue, Kingswood, Tallaght, Dublin was jailed for 12 years for twice raping the teenager on October 18th, 2015. He had pleaded not guilty to both counts of rape at Ballymulcashel, Kilmurry, Sixmilebridge, Co Clare but was found guilty by a Central Criminal Court jury last year.