Eoin Vickers jailed for defilement of teenage girls

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Eoin Vickers was jailed for defilement and assault at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 22 May 2019, receiving 11 years with the final two suspended. The offences involved two teenage girls, including repeated defilement between May 2011 and October 2013.

Vickers pleaded guilty to five counts of defilement of one girl, assault causing her harm, and defilement of her friend. The court heard he had given the girls heroin and controlled the first girl during their relationship. The suspended portion was conditional on an assessment for a sex-offender treatment programme, with participation voluntary.