71-year-old man jailed for sexual abuse of three sons

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A 71-year-old man was sentenced to six years for sexual abuse at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 26 January 2016.

He was convicted of indecently assaulting his three sons in Dublin between 1974 and 1986. The sentence was backdated to reflect time already spent in custody.

Judge Catherine Murphy described the offences as particularly heinous and said the men had suffered profoundly.