71-year-old Dublin man jailed for sexual abuse of nephew

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A 71-year-old Dublin man was jailed for eight years, with the final two suspended, for sexually abusing his teenage nephew at the Central Criminal Court on 6 March 2017. The offences occurred between 1989 and 1991, when the boy was aged between 15 and 17.

He was convicted of five counts of indecent assault and one count of sexual assault. The court heard that his elevated standing within the family enabled grooming, including showing the boy pornographic videos; he was already serving an eight-year sentence for similar offences and had 42 previous convictions.