2025-12-05 · Athboy, Meath
Survivor says 'incredibly hard' to stand out against abuse in the face of 'lenient' sentences as relative has jail term increased
The Court of Appeal has quashed the original sentence of David Hamilton and resentenced him to eight and a half years for the rape, oral rape, and sexual assault of two female relatives in Meath between 2004 and 2008. Hamilton, who pleaded guilty to the charges, had previously been sentenced to seven and a half years by Mr Justice Tony Hunt at…