Dublin man jailed for rape and indecent assault of child

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An unnamed Dublin man was jailed for four years, with the final two years suspended, for rape and indecent assault at the Central Criminal Court on 19 July 2023.

The sentences followed his conviction on three counts of rape and three counts of indecent assault involving a seven-year-old girl he babysat at her Dublin home in 1985, when he was 14.

The judge imposed four years on each rape count and two years on each indecent assault count, with all terms concurrent and backdated to 3 July 2023. The judge said the offending breached the trust placed in him by the girl and her family, while also recognising that he had lived a law-abiding life since.