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Man sexually assaulted step-daughter as a child and an adult
Summary
A 69‑year‑old man was jailed for seven years after a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury convicted him of two sexual assault offences against his step‑daughter. The first assault occurred when she was a child; she disclosed it but the case did not progress. The second assault happened when she was 27 and sharing a bed with her own daughter. The man denied the charges and did not accept the verdicts. The court noted the victim's deep trauma, her excessive alcohol consumption, and the aggravating factors of the man's position in her life and the presence of her child during the second assault. The judge imposed a headline sentence of five years for the first offence, reduced to four, and a three‑year term for the second, resulting in a consecutive seven‑year custodial sentence with no suspension. The man has not shown insight into his offending.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Man sexually assaulted step-daughter as a child and an adult. Charges or matters: two charges of sexual assault on dates between December 2002 and December 2004 and in April 2020. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Convicted
When:
- December 2002 Incident
- December 2004 Incident
- April 2020 Incident
- 2025-10-07 Publication
Why: She said because the man has not accepted the verdict of the jury or shown any insight into his offending, she did not think it was appropriate to suspend any of the sentence. CNI source report
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: two charges of sexual assault on dates between December 2002 and December 2004 and in April 2020 (Proven)
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; By Sonya McLean A man who sexually assaulted his stepdaughter while she was a child and 16 years later as she shared a bed with her own daughter has been jailed for seven years. Judge Sheahan said the fact that the man sexually abused the victim a second time, after she had been so significantly impacted by the first incident, warranted the imposition of a consecutive sentence and therefore jailed the man for seven years.; She also accepted that the man's first experience of prison was when he was remanded in custody following conviction at trial last July.
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