Former garda jailed for seven years for inciting men to rape colleague

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Former garda Shane Flanagan was jailed for seven years at the Central Criminal Court on 29 July 2025, after admitting that he incited two men to rape a colleague and endangered her and her daughters through online communications. Judge Eileen Creedon imposed an eight-year sentence and suspended its final 12 months for three years on strict conditions.

Flanagan also admitted possessing four images of child sexual abuse material. The judge imposed concurrent sentences of six years for endangerment and three years for the image possession offence. The woman and her daughters were not physically attacked, and the judge said Flanagan’s offending placed them in danger.