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On bail sex offender abused sleeping child

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, Diego Andrade, a 24‑year‑old Bolivian national, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, with the final six months suspended, for sexually assaulting a four‑year‑old boy who was asleep in bed with his mother at a party. Andrade was on bail for a separate adult sexual assault conviction and had previously served nine months for that offence. He was identified by a photograph taken by the boy's mother and was found to have child sexual abuse material on his phone. The judge noted the boy's extreme anxiety and the family's suffering, and imposed conditions requiring Andrade to leave Ireland within 14 days of release, to be supervised by the Probation Service, and to avoid unsupervised contact with children for 20 years. The sentence is to run consecutively with his existing custodial term. Diego Andrade pleaded guilty.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: On bail sex offender abused sleeping child. Charges or matters: sexually assaulting a child at a residential address in Dublin on 31 October, 2020. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• 31 October Incident
• December 2018 Incident
• November 3, 2020 Other
• 2021-07-12 Publication

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Stage Sentence Violent Crime

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