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Alleged IRA member guilty of raping teenage boys

Summary

A jury has found an alleged IRA member guilty of sexually assaulting and anally raping two teenage boys at a 'republican safe house' in Co. Louth in the early 1990s and in 2001. The defendant (45) had pleaded not guilty to the charges. The jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts on six counts of sexual assault and two counts of anal rape relating to the two complainants. However, the jury also returned not guilty verdicts on one count of sexual assault and one count of anal rape relating to one of the complainants, alleged to have occurred in 2001 when the complainant was in his 20s. The matter was adjourned for sentence to April 29, with the accused remanded in custody. The defendant denied the allegations, stating he had only stayed at the house a few times in the early 1990s while working a casual job and had no involvement in paramilitary organisations. The case is now adjourned for sentence.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Alleged IRA member guilty of raping teenage boys. Charges or matters: charges of sexual assaulting and anally raping two boys in Co. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• April 29 Adjournment
• 2019-03-27 Publication

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Stage Sentence Violent Crime

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