National court archive · 2026-03-18
Man who was in his thirties when he defiled girl (16) gets three years
At a glance
- Crime
- defilement, sexual exploitation and engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child
- People
- Anne Marie Lawlor SC, Karen O’Connor, Giollaíosa Ó Lideadha SC
- Locations
- Co Dublin
- Court
- Central Criminal Court
- Outcome
- Ms Justice O’Connor handed down a three-and-a-half-year sentence, but suspended the final six months for a year
Summary
An unnamed 36-year-old man has been jailed after pleading guilty to defilement, sexual exploitation and engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child involving a vulnerable 16-year-old girl in Dublin in 2021. The Central Criminal Court heard that he offered money and drugs as inducements and had groomed the girl. Ms Justice Karen O'Connor imposed a three-and-a-half-year sentence, suspending the final six months, and the man is now on the sex offenders' register.
Original reporting: courtsnewsireland.ie