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Man jailed for 20 years for serial sexual abuse of daughters and grandson
Summary
A 68‑year‑old Dublin man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for serial sexual abuse of his family. He was convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury in August of indecent assault and rape of his grandson from 2004 to 2015, when the boy was aged four to fifteen. He also pleaded guilty to indecent assault of three daughters, attempting to rape one and raping another between 1981 and 1987, when the girls were nine to fourteen. The judge described the abuse as a "grim catalogue" across two generations. The sentence, with some consecutive elements, was back‑dated to the time the man entered custody after the trial. The article reports the details of the assaults, the victims' impact statements, and the defendant's lack of prior convictions. No further legal outcomes are mentioned.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Man jailed for 20 years for serial sexual abuse of daughters and grandson. Charges or matters: the assaults of his children at the earliest opportunity. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- April 2015 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2004 to 2015 Incident
- 1981 to 1987 Incident
- 2018-03-23 Publication
Case subjects
Accused
Charges: the assaults of his children at the earliest opportunity (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: By Brion Hoban and Aoife Nic Ardghail A Dublin man who repeatedly sexually assaulted his grandson for over a decade and similarly abused his three daughters when they were children has been jailed for 20 years. He imposed a 20 year sentence with some consecutive elements, backdated to when the man went into custody last August after his trial.
Places mentioned
- Central Criminal Court
Topics
Sexual Offences Stage Sentence Violent Crime
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