77-year-old man jailed for sexually abusing grandniece

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A 77-year-old man was jailed for five years for sexually abusing his grandniece at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 3 October 2016. The abuse happened between 1987 and 1991, when the girl was aged between 10 and 14. The man, who cannot be named, was found guilty of three counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault by a jury in July. Judge Elma Sheahan said he had committed a breach of trust in a most distressing way.

The court heard the woman reported the abuse to gardaí in 2010 and described lasting psychological harm in a victim impact statement. She said she spent €6,000 on breast reduction surgery because she felt her granduncle owned her breasts.