Case-subject index

Court reports mentioning Michael King

This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.

2024-02-15

Man jailed for repeated sexual assaults on babysitter has jail term cut on appeal

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Not guilty

Outcome: In May 2023 at Roscommon Circuit Criminal Court, Judge Kenneth Connolly jailed King, of Warren View, Boyle, Co Roscommon, for five and a half years for 12 counts of sexual assault on the girl who was 16 years old at the time of the offending, while King was in his mid-30s. At the Court of Appeal today, Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy said the court would quash the original sentence and re-sentence King to five years' imprisonment with the final nine months suspended.

2024-01-29

Man who repeatedly sexually assaulted teenage babysitter argues 5.5-year sentence too severe

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Not guilty

Outcome: In May 2023 at Roscommon Circuit Court, Judge Kenneth Connolly jailed King, of Warren View, Boyle, Co Roscommon, for five and a half years for 12 counts of sexual assault on the girl who was 16-years-old at the time of the offending. King had been sentenced to five-and-a-half years on two consecutive counts of sexual assault with the other ten charges taken into account.