2017-07-24
5.5 years for man who raped 12-year-old boy after luring him down lane
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Mr Justice Paul Coffey said a sentence of eight years would have been appropriate without the mitigating factors of the guilty plea, Roche's relative youth at the time of the incident and his low-level of intellectual function. He imposed five and a half years imprisonment and ordered Roche be placed under post-release supervision for six years following his release Garda Caroline O'Riordan told Conor Devally SC, prosecuting, that the victim came forward to gardaí in 2014.