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Serial sex attacker sent back to jail for drinking "to excess"
Summary
James Cronin, aged 35, was jailed for two years by the Court of Appeal after breaching the conditions of a suspended sentence by drinking alcohol. Cronin had previously been sentenced to seven years in 2007 for attempting to rape a girl he met at a Killarney disco on Christmas Eve 2004, and was already serving an eight‑year sentence for kidnapping and raping another woman he met at a Killarney disco on 31 October 2004. The Court of Criminal Appeal had varied his Christmas Eve sentence to ten years, suspending the final five years on the condition that he comply with probation services and abstain from alcohol. The probation service reported that Cronin had consumed alcohol to an excessive degree on several occasions, undermining his medication and the terms of his release. The Court of Appeal, hearing the matter, activated two of the five suspended years, requiring Cronin to serve two years in jail.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Serial sex attacker sent back to jail for drinking "to excess". Procedural stage: appeal
When:
- May 2007 Hearing Or Sentence
- October 31, 2004 Incident
- Christmas Eve 2004 Incident
- Christmas Eve Incident
- 2018-10-02 Publication
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Outcome: On foot of concerns, the probation service brought the matter back to the Court of Appeal today where a portion of Cronin's five year suspended sentence was activated, requiring him to serve two years in jail. It was done to impress upon Cronin that the conditions on which sentences were suspended "must be complied with".
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