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Convicted murderer gets 10.5 years for rape of girl (7)
Summary
A 53-year-old Slovakian man, who was found guilty by a jury at the Central Criminal Court of one count of rape and 12 counts of sexual assault, has been sentenced to ten years and six months for the rape charge and seven years and six months for the sexual assault charges. The sentences are to run concurrently and were backdated to July 18, 2021, when the man went into custody. The offending occurred between September 21, 2012, and September 6, 2013, when the victim was seven years old, at a house in Co Wexford. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, does not accept the jury's verdict. The victim, now aged 17, told the court that the man had threatened her and used chocolate to groom her in a 'despicable way.' Ms Justice Karen O'Connor noted the aggravating features of the case, including the victim's young age and the age difference of 36 years between the defendant and the girl. The man has a previous conviction for a 'serious violent offence' in another jurisdiction and a 2001 murder conviction from an Eastern European jurisdiction, for which he received a prison sentence. The matter was adjourned following the sentencing hearing.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Convicted murderer gets 10.5 years for rape of girl (7). Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- September 21, 2012 Incident
- September 6, 2013 Incident
- July 18, 2021 Incident
- December 2020 Incident
- July 2021 Incident
- 2023-07-18 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; By Eimear Dodd A convicted murderer who preyed on a seven-year-old girl with a year-long campaign of rape and sexual abuse has been jailed for ten and a half years. She imposed a sentence of ten years and six months on the man in relation to the rape charge and seven years and six months in respect of the sexual assault charges.
Places mentioned
- Central Criminal Court
Topics
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