2015-11-02 · Malahide, Dublin
Man who had sex with underage girls he contacted online after posing as a teenage boy has jail term halved on appeal
Jerry Sheahan, aged 40, was convicted in 2011 of having sexual intercourse with three under‑age girls aged 15 to 17, whom he contacted online by posing as a teenage boy. He received three consecutive two‑year sentences, totalling six years, on 15 November 2011. On appeal, the Court of Appeal reduced the sentence to three years imprisonment on…