{"id":344580,"date":"2026-03-13T17:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/344580\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T17:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:57:11","slug":"doctor-who-raped-nurse-jailed-as-hse-admits-he-should-have-been-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/344580\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor who raped nurse jailed as HSE admits he should have been suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"

A doctor who raped a nurse, as she was sleeping on a couch at a friend\u2019s apartment, was jailed for eight years on Friday.<\/p>\n

The victim, who is entitled to her legal right to anonymity, said she \u201cgot justice\u201d after her rapist Dr Louay Kila was convicted by a jury last week following his trial.<\/p>\n

Kila, (31), had denied rape and sexual assault of the woman, at an apartment in Limerick City, on March 2nd, 2024.<\/p>\n

Kila raped the woman first, and when she told him to \u201cstop\u201d, he carried on sexually assaulting her.<\/p>\n

At the time Kila was a senior registrar at University Hospital Limerick (UHL), and the victim was a nurse at the Limerick hospital in March 2024.<\/p>\n

In a statement after Kila\u2019s conviction, the HSE said it should have immediately suspended Kila from duty but it did not.<\/p>\n

\u201cDr Kila should have been suspended from clinical practice when we became aware of the assault. Regrettably, this did not occur. This does not reflect current practice and policy,\u201d said HSE Mid West.<\/p>\n

\u201cProtective measures were put in place for the victim based on her individual requirements following her identification of the assault. The welfare of our staff remains our priority,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

Kila, of Cois Luachra, Dooradoyle, was voluntarily suspended from the list of medical practitioners in Ireland, in March 2025.<\/p>\n

The court heard Kila encountered the victim at a bar on the night and they later separately went to an apartment afterwards as part of two different groups.<\/p>\n

Sentencing Judge Sean Gillane said that Kila, a Moroccan native, had \u201cdeliberately exploited\u201d the victim\u2019s \u201cvulnerability\u201d as she had been intoxicated and asleep when he raped and assaulted her.<\/p>\n

The judge said Kila made unfounded claims to gardai that he and the victim had engaged in consensual kissing and touching at the apartment.<\/p>\n

Kila told garda\u00ed that the victim had concocted the rape and sex assault complaint against him because she was embarrassed and concerned that her then boyfriend would find out she had been kissing Kila.<\/p>\n

The judge said the jury \u201crightfully rejected\u201d Kila\u2019s unfounded claims.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (Kila) maintained it knowing it to be false. His level of culpability is very high, he was a mature man, and a doctor where the victim worked,\u201d said the judge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe victim was vulnerable through consumption of alcohol and sleep and she was deliberately exploited by (Kila). She could not have anticipated she was in any danger,\u201d said Judge Gillian.<\/p>\n

The court heard that Kila told the victim that he did not like her boyfriend. Later on the night, a photograph of Kila kissing the victim on the side of her face while she was asleep on the night, was sent to the victim\u2019s boyfriend via social media.<\/p>\n

The victim\u2019s boyfriend messaged back, \u201cWe\u2019re done\u201d, which also caused the victim further anxiety and trauma as she had been \u201ccompletely oblivious\u201d to the taking and sending of the photograph.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a deliberate act of humiliation and is a highly aggravating factor in this case,\u201d said the judge.<\/p>\n

When Kila, who was accompanied by a friend on the night, was leaving the apartment after raping and assaulting the woman, he grabbed her by her jaw and tried to forcefully kiss her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kiss added insult to injury and reflects very badly on the accused,\u201d said the judge.<\/p>\n

Judge Gillane said that Kila acted in a \u201cdeeply manipulative\u201d way when he sent the victim a text message, the day after he raped and assaulted her, asking if she was alright, that her well-being was important to him, and if she wanted to meet up for a chat.<\/p>\n

Last week the victim courageously faced Kila in court after the jury convicted him of both offences and told him: \u201cI got justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reading a victim impact statement in court, the woman addressed Kila: \u201cTo my rapist, I stood up and I am holding you accountable for your actions and I got justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope to be an inspiration for any woman who has dealt with an incident like this and encourage them to stand up and hold their rapists accountable,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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The woman said that prior to the rape and assault, she had been \u201cexcited\u201d to be nursing at UHL, but that after the rape, she\u00a0felt \u201cphysically sick\u201d walking back into the hospital, where Kila continued working for a time.<\/p>\n

The victim concluded: \u201cI am a strong woman, I will heal from this, and I will be a stronger more resilient version of myself. I will never let that man take that away from me.\u201d<\/p>\n

In respect fo the rape, the judge imposed a headline sentence of nine and half years, reducing it to eight years. Kila received a concurrent four year sentence for the sexual assault, and was placed on a register for sex offenders.<\/p>\n

If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article, you can call the national 24-hour Rape Crisis Helpline at 1800-77 8888, access text service and webchat options at drcc.ie\/services\/helpline\/ or visit Rape Crisis Help.\u00a0In the case of an emergency, always dial 999\/112.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A doctor who raped a nurse, as she was sleeping on a couch at a friend\u2019s apartment, was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-344580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}