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80-year-old man jailed for indecently assaulting his two daughters

Summary

In a County Clare case, an 80‑year‑old man was sentenced to four and a half years' imprisonment for indecent assault on his two daughters during the early 1970s. The Central Criminal Court found him guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault after a week‑long trial. He had pleaded not guilty to 18 counts of assaulting a daughter in a house and later a caravan between January 1971 and December 1973, when she was aged 11 to 13. He also denied assaulting another daughter twice in 1980 at a caravan when she was 11 or 12. During the trial he admitted one offence, which the judge treated as a plea of guilty. The judge described the abuse of the older daughter as the most serious, involving a breach of trust and acts of "squalidity" such as forcing her to wash his penis and wear adult underwear. The unnamed 80-year-old was acquitted.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: 80-year-old man jailed for indecently assaulting his two daughters. Charges or matters: 12 counts of indecent assault after a week-long trial at the Central Criminal Court last month; 18 counts of indecently assaulting his daughter in a house and later a caravan in County Clare on unknown dates between January 1971 and December 1973. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Acquitted

When:

• January 1971 Incident
• December 1973 Incident
• 15 June 2014 Other
• 2015-01-16 Publication

Why: The man, who cannot be named in order to protect the anonymity of his victims, was found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault after a week-long trial at the Central Criminal Court last month. CNI source report

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Sexual Offences Stage Sentence Violent Crime

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