Five Munster family members convicted of child sexual abuse

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Five family members were found guilty of sexually abusing children at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 6 August 2021.

The jury found the children’s mother, father, aunt, her husband and uncle guilty of all but one of the 78 counts against them. The five had been accused of sexually abusing three children in Munster between 2014 and 2016; the offences were alleged to have occurred between 18 August 2014 and 28 April 2016.

The mother, father and aunt were found guilty of all counts against them. The aunt’s husband was found guilty of all 10 counts, while the uncle was found guilty of eight of the nine charges against him and not guilty of one count of sexually exploiting the girl.

The judge remanded the five in custody ahead of sentencing. The report said the matter would return to court on 4 October, when a sentence date would be set.