2020-11-10
Grandmother avoids jail for abuse of orphan girl (11) in 1970s
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Collins) A grandmother who sexually abused an 11-year-old girl in the orphanage she was working in almost 50 years ago and who told gardaí she believed she was in a romantic relationship with the girl, has received a fully suspended sentence. Today Judge Martin Nolan sentenced Ryan to a two-year term, which he suspended in full having heard the evidence yesterday and adjourning the case overnight to consider it.