Five unnamed family members convicted of child abuse offences

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Five unnamed family members were convicted of rape, sexual assault and sexual exploitation charges at the Central Criminal Court after a trial before Mr Justice Paul McDermott. The proceedings were reported on 6 August 2021.

Guilty verdicts were returned in 77 of 78 charges. One 27-year-old defendant was acquitted on a sexual assault charge, while another count was withdrawn by direction of the judge.

The case against a 57-year-old grandmother was withdrawn earlier, and she was directed to be found not guilty on all three sexual-assault charges.