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Child rapist used voluntary network to target boys, judge finds
Summary
In a 2020 case, a 29‑year‑old man from County Kildare was found guilty of raping two boys. He used his membership in a voluntary paramedic organisation to gain the boys' trust and drugged them with Penthrox, a pain‑relief drug normally used by medical professionals. In the first incident, a 15‑year‑old was forced to inhale the drug through an oxygen mask and was then orally raped. In the second, the man raped an unconscious child while another man recorded the assault on a mobile phone. The defendant pleaded guilty to oral rape, sexual assault, sexual exploitation and aiding the production of child pornography. He was sentenced to eleven years' imprisonment, with eighteen months suspended, and was ordered to abstain from any work involving children and to attend probation treatment programmes.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Child rapist used voluntary network to target boys, judge finds. Charges or matters: oral rape of one boy at a place in Co Laois on May 7, 2018; sexual assault and sexual exploitation of another child on May 18, 2018 at a place in south Dublin and in the Wicklow mountains. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- May 7, 2018 Incident
- May 18, 2018 Incident
- May 2018 Incident
- May 20, 2019 Incident
- November 2019 Incident
- 2020-05-27 Publication
Why: She said the defendant used his position of responsibility to gain access to controlled drugs in order to carry out horrendous acts of assault against a child. CNI source report
Case subjects
Accused
Charges: oral rape of one boy at a place in Co Laois on May 7, 2018; sexual assault and sexual exploitation of another child on May 18, 2018 at a place in south Dublin and in the Wicklow mountains (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: The judge imposed an overall sentence of eleven years.; Mr Justice Paul McDermott adjourned the case on Monday after hearing details of the offending.
Places mentioned
Topics
Drugs Stage Sentence Violent Crime
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