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Humphries is jailed for 2.5 years for grooming and defiling teenage girl
Summary
Tom Humphries, a former sports journalist, was sentenced by the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two and a half years in prison for grooming and sexually abusing a teenage girl. The court heard that Humphries exchanged over 16,000 text messages with the girl over a three‑month period ending March 2011, then met her and the abuse escalated to sexual acts over a 14‑month period. He pleaded guilty to four counts of inviting a child to a sexual act between January 2010 and March 2011 and to two counts of defilement between December 2010 and February 2011. The victim, aged about 16, was a 47‑year‑old Humphries' daughter. Judge Karen O'Connor noted the impact on the victim's childhood and mental health, and imposed the sentence with no post‑release supervision, backdating it to his entry into custody on 3 October 2017. The sentence was concurrent with a two‑year term for the exploitation charge.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Humphries is jailed for 2.5 years for grooming and defiling teenage girl. Charges or matters: four counts of inviting a child to participate in a sexually explicit, obscene or indecent act between January 2010 and March 2011; two counts of defilement of the child at a place in Dublin between December 5, 2010 and February 19, 2011. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- March 2011 Incident
- January 2010 Incident
- December 5, 2010 Incident
- February 19, 2011 Incident
- February 2011 Hearing Or Sentence
- October 3rd Other
- New Years Day Other
- 2017-10-24 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: four counts of inviting a child to participate in a sexually explicit, obscene or indecent act between January 2010 and March 2011; two counts of defilement of the child at a place in Dublin between December 5, 2010 and February 19, 2011 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Credit: Collins) By Aoife Nic Ardghail and Declan Brennan The former high profile sports journalist and author Tom Humphries has been jailed for two and a half years for grooming and sexually abusing a teenage girl. The judge classed the defilement charges as on the upper end of the mid range of offending and imposed a two and a half year sentence.
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