2024-03-07
Long-serving soldier jailed for sexually abusing sister, assaulting partner
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: At a hearing today before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Judge Martin Nolan sentenced Delaney to 20 months in prison for indecent assault and to a concurrent sentence of 15 months for assault causing harm. The judge set a headline sentence of two to four years but reduced it based on mitigating factors, including Delaney's long history of work and service to the State.