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Child rapist gets 10 years after victim's 'torture' in quest for justice
Summary
A man has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court in Sligo on 31 counts of sexual assault and rape offences against a teenage boy in County Donegal between 1995 and 2000. The 59-year-old, with an address in Ballina, Falcarragh, was found guilty by jury after a trial that represented the fourth legal proceeding in the case. Earlier trials had been discharged for legal reasons or resulted in hung juries. The complainant, now aged 39, described enduring six years of "complete torture" through the protracted court process since first reporting the matter to gardaí in October 2015. He testified four times during proceedings. Mr Justice David Keane imposed a headline sentence of thirteen years, reduced to ten years to account for mitigating factors including the defendant's lack of prior convictions. A three-year post-release supervision order was also imposed. The defendant intends to appeal his conviction, and has been registered as a sex offender.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Child rapist gets 10 years after victim's 'torture' in quest for justice. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- September 1995 Incident
- September 2000 Incident
- October 2015 Incident
- 2022-01-12 Publication
Why: "We could not get on with our lives because of the length of the court process," he said. CNI source report
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Photo: Collins) By Isabel Hayes & Sonya McLean A child rapist who repeatedly abused a teenage boy over 25 years ago has been jailed for ten years. He imposed a concurrent sentence of three years for each of the sexual assault offences.
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