Anthony Moynihan sentenced to seven years for rape

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Anthony Moynihan was sentenced to seven years for raping and sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy at the Central Criminal Court on 21 June 2019.

The offences happened at Moynihan’s home in Croccane, Rostellan, Midleton, Co Cork, between September 2006 and June 2008.

Moynihan was sentenced in his absence after failing to attend court, and a bench warrant was issued for his arrest.

He had pleaded guilty to two charges of anal rape and two counts of sexually assaulting the boy.

The judge said Moynihan’s early admissions and guilty plea were important mitigating factors, alongside his throat cancer.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.