A convicted rapist will find out today if the DPP’s appeal against his fully suspended sentence has been successful.

Magnus Meyer Hustveit was spared a custodial sentence after admitting to having sex with his ex-girlfriend while she slept in their Dublin apartment.

At the sentence hearing last July, Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy described this case as “exceptional” and one that would not have emerged without the confessions of Magnus Meyer Hustveit – a reference to an email sent to Niamh Ni Dhomhnaill that led to his prosecution.

He accepted the repeated rape and sexual assault of his then girlfriend was a “serious offence” but suspended a seven-year sentence in full after taking all the mitigating factors into account.

Last month, counsel for the DPP argued the suspension was “unduly lenient” and claimed too much weight was given to his co-operation and guilty plea, and not enough on how his actions have affected his victim.

The court is due to deliver its judgement today.