Today, Wexford TD George Lawlor, has called for the immediate deportation of the 53-year-old predator on completion of his 12-year jail sentence.
Mr Lawlor described Jankevicius’ crimes as ‘heinous’.
“My thoughts are very much with the victim of this unspeakable crime and I wish her the very best in recovering from her ordeal he said. “This man should be deported immediately on completion of his sentence.
“And I believe anyone who has committed a crime as serious as this, and who has come here from a different country, should be deported once they have served the sentence handed down to them.
“Criminals of this nature offer nothing to the State.
Jankevicius poses in the gym
“In fact, they are damaging the cause of thousands of hard-working, genuine people who come here to build a life for themselves and to contribute to our society.”
Jankevicius, of Bridge Meadows, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Monday last after he pleaded guilty to rape, sexual assault and false imprisonment of the woman at a prior address on October 11, 2022.
He was already serving a three-year sentence for possession of drugs and has been in custody since March 2025.
Detective Sergeant John Cleary told Sinead Gleeson BL, prosecuting, that the woman was temporarily staying in a room in Jankevicius’ former accommodation. The court heard the man drank heavily but had said he would stop.
Gintaras Jankevicius pleaded guilty
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On the night of the events, the woman was watching a movie and they both had some shots.
When she went to her bedroom she was followed by Jankevicius who pushed her onto the bed and took his clothes off. He had a knife which he gave to the woman and told her if she wanted him to stop to put the knife into him. He then took off her clothes and underwear.
The woman later said she did not stab him because she knew she would be unable to kill him and she did not know what would happen to her if he was just wounded.
Jankevicius raped the woman. He was very aggressive and did not use a condom. He told her several times during the ordeal that he was going to keep her there until she was pregnant.
She refused to have oral sex with him. He attempted anal sex and sexually assaulted her before raping her again. She described him choking her and being aggressive.
The woman said she was crying all the time, felt disgusted throughout and thought Jankevicius would kill her with the knife. She said she was kept in the bedroom for two to three hours.
He left the bedroom to get more alcohol and woman texted a relative abroad to tell them she had been raped. The relative tried to call her but Jankevicius took her phone and she could not answer.
He sexually assaulted the woman again as she was trying to have a shower and raped her on her bed again following the shower. He gave her the knife again. Jankevicius sexually assaulted her and also digitally penetrated her.
He then made references to harming himself, keeping her in the house until she was pregnant and was annoyed when she would not enter into conversation with him.
The woman managed to get her phone and go into the toilet where she contacted her relative again.
The gardai arrived after some time. Jankevicius was arrested and the woman was brought to a Sexual Assault Treatment Unit.
Jankevicius was interviewed and accepted there had been sexual contact but told gardai he thought it was consensual. He told gardai that “she kind of agreed” and when asked why she would have contacted gardai said: “Maybe I did something I should not have done.”
The court heard the guilty plea was of great value as the woman was petrified of giving evidence.
Jankevicius has a previous convictions in the Czech Republic for robbery and in the UK for criminal damage and a drugs offence. He is currently serving a three-year sentence for a drugs offence.
In her victim impact statement, the woman said her life has changed drastically since she was raped.
She said she is haunted by nightmares and feels overwhelming shame about what happened. She suffers with anxiety, trusting people and leaving her home.
Mr Justice Paul McDermott suspended the final year of the sentence on strict conditions including that Jankevicius has no contact with the injured party, abstain from drink and drugs and undertake offence focused work.