Carlow man jailed for indecent assault of nephew

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

A 58-year-old man was jailed for six and a half years for indecent assault at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 22 May 2017. He was convicted of two counts involving his nephew in Co Carlow between October 1985 and March 1986, while acquitted of eight further counts. The man cannot be identified to protect the victim’s identity.

Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy imposed concurrent sentences totalling six and a half years and ordered two years of post-release supervision. The report said the abuse had escalated after the boy’s grandmother was hospitalised, and recorded the court’s finding that the offences had severely affected the victim.

The subject’s name is withheld in the source to protect the victim’s identity.