71-year-old Dubliner jailed for sexual assault

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A 71-year-old Dubliner was sentenced to eight years, with the final two suspended, for sexual assault at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 6 March 2017.

A jury convicted him of five counts of indecent assault and one count of sexual assault involving his nephew between 1989 and 1991.

The judge said the offences were aggravated by the uncle’s authority within the family and involved grooming.

The man cannot be named for legal reasons and was already serving an eight-year sentence for similar offences against another boy.