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'Evil' child rapist who videotaped abuse gets 11 years
Summary
Tony Hudson, 61, of Ballymurray, Enniscorthy, was found guilty by a Central Criminal Court jury of 70 charges of sexual offences against four children aged 12 to 17 between 2000 and 2009. The offences included oral rape, sexual assault, buggery, gross indecency and defilement. Hudson had befriended the children, invited them to his house for chores, paid them modest sums and gave them cigarettes and alcohol. He began touching them sexually, forced them to masturbate, and in some cases forced them to have sex with each other. One victim was recorded having anal sex with Hudson and the video was shown to another victim. Hudson denied the allegations. Ms Justice Siobhan Lankford sentenced him to 13 years in prison, with the final two years suspended, back‑dated to his custody entry on 27 October. The sentence was imposed on 21 December 2023.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: 'Evil' child rapist who videotaped abuse gets 11 years. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- October 27 Other
- 2000 and 2009 Incident
- 2023-12-21 Publication
Why: Hudson then made the girl perform sexual acts on him as "she owed him a favour" because he let her have sex with the other child. CNI source report
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Imposing sentence today, Ms Justice Siobhan Lankford said the case illustrated the "devastating impact this kind of sexual abuse has on so much generations – the generation above and the generation to come." She said that "the breach of trust here is egregious" and that there was "a determined corruption of these young people." A local garda told Roisin Lacey SC, prosecuting, that while Hudson was living in Dublin, he befriended four local children. Judge Lankford sentenced Hudson to 13 years in prison, with the final two years suspended.
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